Sri Lankan Paralympians vie for Gold in Australia

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From left: Coach Samitha Dulan, Predeep Nisantha, Dinesh Priyantha and Palitha Bandara

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 at this year’s games in Australia.

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