BIRMINGHAM
\nThe Sri Lankan team management has asked its athletes and officials at the Common\u00adwealth Games to turn in their passports after three members went missing.
\nThe nation, which is experiencing a major economic crisis, confirmed late Wedne\u00adsday that a wrestler, a judoka, and a judo coach have disappeared from one of the Com\u00adm\u00adonwealth Games villages housing athletes and officials.
\nSri Lankan team spokesperson Gobinath Sivarajah told The Telegraph in India that Birmingham police are investigating the absence of the three members.
\n\u201cWe have asked all athletes and officials to submit their passports to our respective venue officials in all the villages after the incident,\u201d he said. \u201cThe police are investigating and the three cannot cross the UK borders. What has happened is really unfortunate.\u201d
\nAt the 2018 Games on Australia\u2019s Gold Coast, alm\u00adost one-third of the Came\u00adr\u00adoon team went missing after the event. Rwanda\u2019s weightlifting coach also fled during a toilet break at the host stadium.
\nIt was reported at least 230 athletes and officials lodged applications for protection vis\u00adas in Australia after the ev\u00ade\u00adnt, but the majority were denied.
\nSri Lanka, which picked a 161-strong contingent for the 2022 Games, had a silver and two bronze medals \u2014 including Yupun Abeykoon\u2019s third place finish in the men\u2019s 100m final on Wednesday \u2014 after six days of competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BIRMINGHAM The Sri Lankan team management has asked its athletes and officials at the Common\u00adwealth Games to turn in their passports after three members went missing. The nation, which is experiencing a major economic crisis, confirmed late Wedne\u00adsday that a wrestler, a judoka, and a judo coach have disappeared from one of the Com\u00adm\u00adonwealth Games […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-275888","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n