Sri Lankan para-athlete Palitha Bandara, silver medallist in the men’s shot put at the Asian Para Games
Sri Lanka’s international para-athlete Palitha Bandara won the silver medal in the men’s F42/F61/F63 shot put event at the fifth Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, yesterday.
Bandara secured second place with a throw of 14.02 metres. Kuwait’s F. Sorour won the gold medal with a distance of 16.06 metres, while Uzbekistan’s M. Rikhsimov claimed the bronze medal with a throw of 13.77 metres.
Bandara has an impressive record at major international competitions. He previously won silver medals in the men’s F44/F64 discus throw at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and in the shot put at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta. He also secured a bronze medal in the F67 shot put at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou.
With Bandara’s silver medal, Sri Lanka’s medal tally at the Games stood at four as of yesterday, comprising three silver medals and one bronze.
Dhananjana Wickramasinghe won silver in the women’s T42 200 metres, while Galina Basnayake secured silver in the women’s 400-metre freestyle S9 swimming event. Mohamed Safran claimed the bronze medal in the men’s T47 long jump.
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