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Two Para athletes back home with bronze medals-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Source:Dailynews Para athletes who won two bronze medals were warmly welcomed at the Katunayake Airport yesterday. Here Two Bronze medalists Samitha Dulan, Dinesh Priyantha, along with athlete Pradeep Somasiri and NPC President Lt Colonel Deepal Herath, Sports Ministry project officer Gamini Costa and other officials after the welcome ceremony. (Pix courtesy Sport Ministry media) Two Sri Lanka Para athletes Dinesh Priyantha Herath and Samitha Dulan Kodituwakku bagged bronze medal each at the World Para Athletic Championship held in Olympic Stadium In Paris, France and returned home yesterday. A simple welcome ceremony was organised by the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) at the Katunayake Airport. Both Samitha Dulan and Dinesh Priyantha were competed at Javelin throw events to take bronze medals and these two Para athletes were highlighted at last Paralympic games in Tokyo as Samitha Dulan took a bronze and Dinesh ...

Jul 21, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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Dinesh clinches a Gold medal while Samitha takes Silver – By Dhammika Ratnaweera Source : dailynews Sri Lanka’s two para athletes Dinesh Priyantha Herath and Samitha Dulan excelled at the Australian Open Athletic Meet when Dinesh won a gold medal in the F46 Javelin throw event with a 63.18m distance while Samitha Dulan won F44 Javelin throw silver medal with a 64.20m distance throw. Sri Lankan three-member team Dinesh Priyantha Herath, Samitha Dulan and Palitha Bandara took part in this meet with coach Pradeep Nishantha. The Paralympic gold medal winner Dinesh Priyantha Herath took part in this meet after a one and half-year lay off due to injury and this was a good comeback before the next Paralympic Games in France. In fact the achievement of this meet is very important to Sri Lankan Para athletes to improve their World ranking focussing on Next Paralympic Games in France in 2024. ...

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Sri Lankan Youth Para athletes create history-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Galina Basnayake with her third gold medal Source:Dailynews Sri Lankan Youth Para athletes created history at the Asian Youth Para Games in Bahrain when they clinched best-ever overall medal haul with an outstanding performance. Sri Lanka bagged 12 medals (four Gold, four Silver, four Bronze) at this meet which ended yesterday. The 16 year old Galina Basnayake finished the meet with another gold in 50m free style yesterday and that was her third gold. Earlier she got 400m free style and 100m free style golds. The swimmer from Lyceum International school, Wattala had an outstanding performance to pocket three golds and one silver from 100m butterfly. The fourth gold for Sri Lanka was won by Mohammad Safran who is from Arakkala Muslim School Kekunagolla. Safran who got 100m silver once again was able to win the gold in the long jump ...

Dec 11, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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War hero Dinesh Priyantha Herath scripts history for Sri Lanka ‘I just enjoyed the weather out here today as it was like I was training in my backyard’ Source:-paralympic While the rest of the pack wilted under the blazing heat and humidity, Sri Lanka Dinesh Priyantha Herath was in his element, and he was loving it.  The 32-year-old javelin thrower came up with his best throw of 67.79m to set a new world record in the men’s F46 category and clinched his country’s maiden gold in Paralympics at the Olympic Stadium on Monday (30 August), when the temperatures reached 33 degrees Celsius with full sunshine.  “I was ready for this challenge and was training under the sun for months now. The climate here in Tokyo and Sri Lanka is pretty much the same and I was clearly the zone from the start. I just enjoyed the weather out here today ...

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Dinesh Priyantha to lead sri lanka team for Tokyo Paralympic Games-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Source:Dailynews Javelin thrower Dinesh Priyantha Herath who won the bronze medal at the last Rio Paralympic Games will lead the nine member Sri Lankan team to Tokyo Paralympic Games which is scheduled to be held from August 24 to September 5 . The President of the National Paralympic Committee(NPC) Lt Colonel Deepal Herath said that nine competitors from four sports got a chance to represent Sri Lanka at theTokyo Paralympics and that is a great achievement by Sri Lankan para athletes during this period especially due to lack of competitions due to Global pandemic situation . ...

Jul 19, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Sri Lanka to field five-member team for Tokyo Paralympics-by Dhammika Ratnaweera S. D. R. Dharmasena -Dinesh Herath-Mahesh Jayakody Source:Dailynews The National Paralympic Committee (NPC) has named a five-member contingent, which will represent the country at the Paralympic Games, scheduled for August/September in Tokyo, Japan. “The paralympic athletes’ qualification period is already over but we are still waiting for a confirmation from World Athletics (WA),” NPC President, Lt. Colonel Deepal Herath told the Daily News yesterday. “We have already submitted our list of athletes who have qualified and they have informed us that they would confirm their participation following a zoom meeting next week,” he added. ...

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Mahesh Jayakody qualifies for 2021 Tokyo Paralympic Games-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Mahesh Jayakody Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka’s para athlete Mahesh Jayakody created history when he secured the first place in the PR1 Men’s Singles Sculls event at the Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic Continental Qualification Regatta worked off in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. Jayakody also qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Paralympic Games, which will be held from August 24 to September 5 in Tokyo. ...

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