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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 10944169" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/10/London_Olympics_2012_logo.svg/100px-London_Olympics_2012_logo.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Durham_University_logo.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/125px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.sunderlandecho.com/webimage/olympic120911kbftb_1_3765181%21image/27342207.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_595/27342207.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Maxwell De Silva General Secretary of the Sri Lanka National Olympic  Committee talking to Dan Lerwis (right) Deputy Director Sport at Durham  University during his tour of the facilites at the Graham Sports Centre,  Maiden Castle, Durham (picture: sunderlandecho)Durham University will host Sri Lanka's athletes at its sports centres at Maiden Castle and Queen's Campus.The university has built strong links with Sri Lanka since staff helped with the tsunami relief effort in 2004.Maxwell de Silva, from Sri Lanka's Olympic Committee, described the facilities as "exceptional."The university provided manpower and expertise to Sri Lanka  in the aftermath of the tsunami, as well as raising funds to regenerate  damaged areas.Eight sports students from Durham are currently at  Sabaragamuwa University while sports scientists are developing fitness  programmes at universities across the country.Dan Lewis, Deputy Director of Sport from Durham University,  hopes hosting the Olympic training camps will be a great experience for  the region. He said: "We think they're going to be an accessible team, so  not like one of the big teams who might be a bit precious about wanting  restricted access."We think the community and local schools will be able to  come in and watch them train, and our student athletes can train  alongside them."People will see that it's not just about London, that it is a nationwide thing and they can get a lot of benefit from it."Mr Lewis said the Sri Lankan Olympians will be able to enjoy  brand new facilities on both sites: "At the Queen's Campus in Stockton  we've got a new eight court hall which is what we are potentially  looking at for the badminton support."At the Durham City Campus we are in the process of  redeveloping the sports centre there with an indoor rowing tank, boat  house, fencing cell, performance analysis suites and new sports medical  support."It's been a huge investment by the university and it's come at really a nice time, with 2012 coming up on the horizon."BBC</blockquote>

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