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Tillakaratne Dilshan could not make an impact with the bat in his farewell game, but he has anointed Sri Lankas highest-scorer in the match as a possible successor. Dhananjaya de Silva batted at No.3, but has had success as an opener on this tour. He was Tamil Union Cricket Clubs highest wicket-taker in a triumphant first-class campaign this year, and has also begun fielding at backward point for Sri Lanka in Tests.I think Dhananjaya will be a good example to others, Dilshan said. He can bowl and he fields well. With the style that he batted with today, and the way he opened in the one dayers, you can tell hes a player with a future. He opened with me for the Tamil Union team last year. I saw his talent about a year ago, and I told the coaches to look out for him. He and Kusal Mendis are two good young players for us. We can go a long way with them if theyre shown the right path. I think theyll serve us well for years.Dilshan has spoken out about lack of support from teammates during his captaincy, but was optimistic about Sri Lankas future under Angelo Mathews leadership.Angelo has a lot of young players in the team, and I think it will be easy for him to control it in future, he said. Only Chandimal is there as an experienced player. I dont think he will face too many obstacles. He will just have to develop the young players and move forward. I wish him well in that. If he can pick the right players for the job, based on their talent - thats what any captain should do. He wont have many problems then.Dilshan will now be missed as one of Sri Lankas premier fielders, almost as much as he will be as an opener. Though he made few runs in his final tour, he remained a livewire, well into his 39th year.Our young players have to work hard to become great fielders, he said. When I came to the team I came in as a wicketkeeper, but Romesh Kaluwitharana was already there. So I gave up the gloves and did a lot of work, by myself, on my fielding.Former fielding coach Trevor Penney helped me a lot with that. I remember back then we werent allowed to leave until we got 10 direct hits. The first time it took me more than 100 attempts. But within about a month I was able to get 10 direct hits in 12 - even 10 - attempts. The youngsters we have are good. Theyve got a good fielding coach from South Africa now. Our fielding is a bit low at the moment, so they need to improve that. I have the confidence that they will - and Im more than happy to help them with that.Reflecting upon a 17-year career, Dilshan said he had great memories from most games he played, but made special mention of the 193 he hit at Lords, part of it with a broken thumb.There are many moments I wont forget. I will never forget my debut, because I got there with a lot of difficulty. 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But what McLaughlin would later describe as a mental breakdown quickly became 45 minutes of McLaughlin saying she wanted to leave Hayward, and McCabe and Cartagena telling her she was running, she was getting on that line.It was kind of like her way of telling herself that she could just come here in four years, Cartagena said. Shed be 20. Then shed be ready.She wasnt necessarily wrong. The expectations for any teenager at the trials were limited. For a high school junior to even qualify is practically a medal on its own.McLaughlin could have tripped on the first hurdle and finished last in the first round. She couldve made it to the second round and barely finished. She could have done basically anything and have it be considered a win in the 16-year-olds expectations book ... Anything except quitting before she had even started.In my mind, McLaughlin said, I didnt want to run.But her coaches convinced her to get on the line and run the race like she had every other race. Deal with whatever consequences happen. Do anything but quit. So she got in her blocks during the second heat and raced a 55.46, beating four collegians and a professional.After the race, a reporter asked if that was the most nervous she had ever been before a race.Yes, she said. Yeah, just the people. Theres so many people here. Ive never been in front of a crowd this big. It definitely has an effect.The next day, in the semifinnals, she won her heat by beating four collegians and three professionals.dddddddddddd And in Sundays final, she raced a 54.15, outrunning three pros and two collegians, taking down the world junior record and earning herself the third spot on the Olympic roster alongside Nike athletes Dalilah Muhammad (26 years old) and Ashley Spencer (23).She will be the youngest American track and field Olympian in 44 years.McLaughlin remembers another famous teen collegian, Allyson Felix, who earned a silver medal in the 200-meter dash at the 2004 Olympics. Now, the two will be teammates in Rio, but McLaughlin has taken an important lesson from Felixs career, one that shes able to apply to herself after her third-place finish at the trials.She wasnt afraid to lose, McLaughlin said. I think sometimes I get so caught up in the fact that I havent lost a hurdle race, and then I come here and there are girls who are faster than me. I think just realizing that sometimes you have to lose in order to get better, its a big thing for me.McLaughlins first competitive track race was 10 years ago, when she was 6 years old. Her father, Willie, had told her that if she won shed get a chocolate bar with almonds in it.It worked. She won. And then she kept winning, eventually getting into the hurdles, where she excelled.At last years IAAF World Youth Championships, McLaughlin swept the field, running a 55.94. 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