Paralympian Dinesh Priyantha bags gold in Egypt

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Dinesh Deshapriya (right) with Team manager Brigadier D.K. Aludheniya

Paralympian Dinesh Deshapriya won Gold at the ITTF Para Open Table Tennis (TT) (Class 09) championship which was worked out in Giza, Egypt.

In the grand finale Dinesh beat Hussein Hassan who represented the host country in straight sets (3-0).

With this win Dinesh Deshapriya who had not played in an international tourney for over two years will now move up in the international TT Para rankings and be qualified to play in the Word Para Athletics Championships which will be held July 2023 in Paris, France.

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