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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. ...

Apr 1, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Dinesh Priyantha Herath, Gold Medal, Palitha Bandara, para athletes, Pradeep Nishantha, Samitha Dulan, Sri Lankan Para athletes, The Paralympic gold medal

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 ...

Mar 30, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Australian National Para Athletics, Dialog Axiata, Dinesh Priyantha, Javelin stars, Palitha Bandara, Samantha Dulan, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka National Paralympic team, Sri Lankan Paralympians, Tokyo Paralympics

Sri Lankan escapes through washroom, two ‘elope’ at common syndrome-by Allaam Ousman While Sri Lankan athletes and officials were exposing the country to disgrace and ridicule by decamping,100 metres sprinter Yupun Abeykoon (left) and Discuss thrower Palitha Bandara (right) kept the flag flying by winning Bronz and Silver respectively at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham Source:Sundayobserver The number of people vanishing from the Games Village seems to be outnumbering the three medals Sri Lanka has won so far at the XXII Commonwealth Games. At least four members of Sri Lanka’s 160-strong contingent have decamped with the latest being boxer Niklas Vittalis after his bout on Tuesday night. The first to make the Houdini act was 21-year-old judoka Chamila Dilani Marappulige who virtually ‘eloped’ with the manager of the team Lt Cdr Asela Duminda de Silva, the president of the Sri Lanka Judo Association. Chef-de-Mission of the Sri Lanka contingent Maj. ...

Aug 7, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles Tagged Palitha Bandara, Yupun Abeykoon