Sixty athletes who are in the High-Performance Pool received their monthly nutrition allowance from the Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa during a ceremony held at the Sports Ministry premises in Colombo on Wednesday.
This monthly nutrition is allowance sponsored by Fonterra Group worth Rs. 25,000 is eligible for the selected 60 athletes for a period of one year.
The selected athletes are recommended by the bodies of their respective sports after having conducted selection competitions. Athletes from track and field, weightlifting, boxing, judo, badminton, swimming, and para sports are included in this High-Performance Pool.
The Sports Ministry Medical Panel has identified the athletes and they have been approved for this allowance based on their nutrition requirements.
State Minister Shehan Semasinghe, Director General (DG) of the Ministry of Sports Amal Edirisooriya, High-Performance Committee Chairman Sanjeewa Wickramanayake, Yaswanth Muttetuwegama, Members of the National Sports Council, and Dinith Pathirana of Fonterra Group were present at this occasion.
