Sri Lanka, Oct. 12 -- Three-time national champion Nadila Nethviru and current national champion Nuyara Fernando will lead Sri Lanka's top gymnastics trio, including Thenuka Navaratne, at the 53rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, from October 19 to 25. The team will leave the island on Wednesday.

Nethviru and Nuyara, who train under National Coach Ranjana Tharanga - the man behind Sri Lanka's first-ever Olympic gymnast - resumed training after a few months' break due to administrative transfers.

Nuyara, Sri Lanka's Women's National champion in 2024 is currently ranked number one in South Asia in all-around gymnastics. She has previously represented the country at the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships ...