COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Priyantha won the first Gold Medal for Sri Lanka at the Tokyo Paralympics after he set a new World Record in the Men’s F46 Javelin Throw with a distance of 67.79m.

Sergeant Dinesh Priyantha Herath sustained injuries in enemy fire on 16 December 2008 when he was fighting against LTTE terrorists in Kilinochchi area.

Enlisted to the Army on 18 March 2004 as a recruit and completed basic training at Gajaba Regiment at Saliyapura. After his injuries, he actively took part in Army-organized Para Athletic training events at the GR Regimental HQ.

In 2012, he won Gold in Javelin Throw (52 m) in Army Para Athletic Meet, First place in Malaysia’s Para Athletic Meet (52.95 m) in 2012, Second Place in Germany’s Para Athletic (Qualifying) Meet (53.09m) in 2017 and again the Second Place in London Para Athletic Meet-2017 recording 59.90m in the same Javelin Throw event.

No one can beat that – Herath Mudiyanselage takes gold for Sri Lanka 🤩 #ParaAthletics#Gold Dinesh Priyan Herath Mudiyanselage #SRI (WR)#Silver Devendra #IND #Bronze Sundar Singh Gurjar #IND @ParaAthletics #Tokyo2020 #Paralympics https://t.co/EEwxLstfn7

— Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) August 30, 2021

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