Dinesh Priyantha wins Javelin bronze at Rio Paralympics
Posted by Editor on September 14, 2016 - 12:13 pm
Dinesh Priyantha Herath secured Sri Lanka’s first medal- a bronze in men’s javelin throw F46 final at the Rio Paralympics yesterday.
The 30-year-old Sri Lankan thrower cleared a distance of 58.23 meters– a personal best mark to win the medal. Indian Devandra Jhahharia win the gold with a new world record mark of 63.97 meters and Guo Chunliang of China secured the silver with a distance of 59.93 meters.
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Congratulations Dinesh!
Congratulations hero.
You provided us peace in the country by losing your hands, legs, eyes and almost everything.
Now you are becoming heroes again by bringing medal to the country as well.
Sad to see politicians are still fighting to win the war.
This is how things are happening in SL.