Athletes backed by the Carnage Athlete Foundation have returned results from three international competitions, led by a visually impaired triathlete winning his category at a world championship, Hiru News reported.
Khalid Oshman became the first visually impaired Sri Lankan to compete at the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, racing with guide Mithun Liyanage and finishing first in the Para Open category.
At the 2026 Commonwealth Powerlifting Championship, Uvindu Jayasinghe took bronze after climbing from tenth place to third, and Rashitha de Silva finished second for silver. Ultra-runner Cathryn Smart covered more than 330km across Sri Lanka to raise money for a local charity.
The world championship start was the step the launch pointed at
This is the first competitive return reported since the foundation launched in June under the banner “Building the Next Generation of Champion Athletes”. Oshman was one of its three inaugural athletes, named then as the first visually impaired Sri Lankan to have competed in five IRONMAN 70.3 events — Paris, Singapore, Japan, Jordan and Sri Lanka. Those were qualifying-tier races; the world championship is the next tier up, and he has now won a category there.
He lost his eyesight at 26. His name appears as both Oshman and Osman across newsrooms; this desk uses the spelling his own sponsors and Hiru use.
“Sri Lanka has no shortage of sporting talent, but athletes need the right support and opportunities to take their abilities to the next level,” said Joel Tillekeratne, director and chief executive of Carnage, an activewear brand that is also a partner of the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka Rugby.
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The account is the foundation’s own and no second verified newsroom has carried it. Hiru gives no dates, host cities or weight classes for the Commonwealth Powerlifting Championship, does not name the charity Smart ran for, and does not say which nations the two lifters finished behind. The foundation’s two other inaugural athletes — footballer Sujan Perera and junior rower Darren Sonal Tranchell — do not appear in this roundup, and no reason is given.
