Dialog powers Lankan Paralympians for 2023 World Para Athletic Championships

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From left: Samitha Dulan, Coach Predeep Nisantha, Pradeep Somasiri, Dinesh Priyantha

Sri Lanka’s Para Javelin stars, Dinesh Priyantha (F46) and Samantha Dulan (F44) and 1500M national para record holder, Pradeep Somasiri will be competing for medals at the World Para Athletic

Championships (WPA) which will be held at the Olympic stadium in Paris France this week.

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.

Several thousands of Paralympians representing more than 60 countries will compete at this year’s World Championships in Paris.