Three para athletes for World Para Athletic Championships

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 Championship s in Paris.

Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, Dialog Axiata is the proud sponsor of the Sri Lanka National Paralympic team.

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