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E. M. Senanayake – from village boy to an international shooter E. M. Senanayake Source:Dailynews Edirisinghe Mudiyanselage Senanayake is a former Sri Lankan sport shooter, who represented the country at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Second in a family of five, he was born in Hasalaka, Randenigala and was educated at the Sangabodhi MV in Morayaya, a rural school in Kandy. At the age of 38, Senanayake made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in two pistol shooting events. He scored a total of 561 points in the preliminary rounds of the Men’s 10m air pistol, two points behind Egypt’s Mahmod Abdelaly and finished in 48th place. ...