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Olympics as a wild card entrant granted by World Athletics only after Nilani Ratnayake had failed to qualify for the 2020 Olympics in the women's 3000m steeplechase. Nilani by the time had ranked 46th globally in the Road to Olympic Rankings and thus missing out on an Olympic
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National Inter-State Athletics Championships in New Delhi, India as part of the preparations prior to the 2020 Olympics.
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501:"Focus on Nilani Ratnayake as SL athletes leave for India"
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