Sri Lankan Paralympians vie for Gold in Australia As advised to eLanka by Mr. Anton Swan OAM JP(Qual) Hon. Consul for Sri Lanka in Queensland, Australia, it is very pleasing to note that the Brisbane Community has rallied to pay all their Cost for Accommodation and Meals during their stay in Brisbane. Source: island Sri Lanka’s Para Javelin stars, Dinesh Priyantha (F46) and Samantha Dulan (F44) and shot put (F42) national para record holder, Palitha Bandara will be competing for medals at the Australian National Para Athletics Open Championship which will be held at the Olympics stadium Brisbane, Australia. Dinesh Priyantha, with a distance of 67.79 meters entered the record books with a Gold for the longest throw at the 2020 Tokyo Games for F46 Javelin, while his team mate Samitha Dulan (F44) secured a Bronze at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2020. 1450 Paralympians representing 23 countries will compete ...
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Dinesh Priyantha creates history with first-ever Paralympic Gold medal for Sri Lanka with world javelin record Source:FT Gold Medallist Herath Mudiyanselage Dinesh Priyantha (SL) stands next to the scoreboard showing his world record throw of 67.79 metres with his National Flag at the end of the Men’s Athletics F46 Javelin Final at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Tokyo – Japan, 30 August – Pic courtesy OIS/Joel Marklund. Handout image supplied by OIS/IOC The Sri Lankan athlete Herath Mudiyanselage Dinesh Priyantha yesterday set a new world record and claimed Gold in men’s javelin throw F46 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Dinesh hit three birds in one stone at the Olympic Stadium today (30 August) when he claimed Gold, broke the world record and won Sri Lanka’s first-ever Gold medal in Paralympic Games history. ...
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics – Gold Medal for Sri Lanka Source:Brisbane 4EB Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – September 2021 Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Priyantha set the new world record clearing a distance of 67.79 meters to win the gold medal in the Men’s Javelin Throw F46 Final. He becomes the first ever Sri Lankan to win a gold medal at the ParaOlympics. The flag bearer and captain of the nine-member Sri Lankan contingent for the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Dinesh Priyantha was placed 3rd in the men’s javelin throw F46 final a the 2016 Summer ParaOlympics in Rio. Sri Lanka’s Samitha Dulan Kodithuwakku has won the Bronze medal in the Men’s Javelin Throw – F44 – event at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. This is Sri Lanka’s second medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics ...
