Sri Lankan wins bronze at Rio Paralympics
September 14, 2016 10:49 am
Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Priyantha Herath won a bronze medal at the Rio Paralympics in the F46 Men’s Javelin throw yesterday.
Indian Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia won a gold medal while Chunliang Guo from China won the silver.
Dinesh became the first Sri Lankan to win a medal at the 2016 Paralympics.
Devendra, whose previous best was 62.15m (achieved in the 2004 Games), improved the mark with a throw of 63.97m at the Olympic Stadium.
China’s world champion Chunliang Guo took silver with his fifth round effort of 59.93m and Sri Lankan Herath (58.23m) clinched bronze.
