COLOMBO , Sri Lanka ( CNN ) -- Sri Lanka 's National Olympic Committee has finalized the list of its athletes who will represent the nation at the forthcoming Olympic Games to be held at the Chinese capital , Beijing , this year . Thilini Jayasinghe , shown here in 2006 , will compete in badminton for Sri Lanka . The Sri Lankan team of three men and four women includes athletic sensation Susanthika Jayasinghe ; javelin thrower Nadeeka Lakmali ; badminton player Thilini Jayasinghe ; shooter E.M. Senanayake ; and boxer Anuruddha Ratnayake . In addition , the NOC has included Mayumi Raheem and Daniel Lee for the swimming events . This time , too , Sri Lanka is pinning hopes on veteran athlete Susanthika Jayasinghe , who will be competing at the Olympics in the women 's 100-meter and 200-meter events . Although she stands at No . 31 in the IAAF rankings list for the 100-meter sprint , it does not exhibit her true potential . Her best performance in the 100-meter this year was 11.24 seconds , recorded at the Doha-Qatar Super Grand Prix last month . Susanthika 's pet event is the women 's 200 meters , for which she won the bronze at the Sydney Olympics , eight years ago . According to the IAAF rankings , she stands at No . 8 in the 200-meter rankings . Her best time in 200 meters for this year is 22.73 seconds , recorded at the Carson Adidas Track Classic last month . The other person to watch is boxer Anuruddha Ratnayake . The flyweight boxer is the first Sri Lankan boxer to be featured in the Olympics in 40 years . Sri Lanka was last represented in boxing at the Mexico City games held in 1968 . The Sri Lankan media has already begun a huge `` Go for Gold '' campaign to motivate Ratnayake to bring Sri Lanka its first Olympic medal in boxing in its 60 years of connection with the world 's greatest sports show . Another Sri Lankan is making history at this year 's Olympics ; Thilini Jayasinghe , who becomes the first Sri Lankan women 's badminton player ever to represent Sri Lanka at the Olympics . The Sri Lankan public , as well as the athletes , appear not to be happy with the way authorities have committed the necessary support for the athletes in preparation for the Olympics . However , many are of the belief that either Susanthika or Anuruddha will bring honor to their motherland at the Beijing Olympics .
Seven athletes will compete for Sri Lanka at the Beijing Olympics . Sydney Olympic medallist Susanthika Jayasinghe is biggest hope . The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that it will send a total of eight Paralympians to the Rio 2016 Paralympics.