Sept 14 (NIA) – Sri Lankan athlete, Dinesh Priyantha won the bronze medal in Men’s Javelin Throw event at the Rio Paralympics 2016, winning the first medal for Sri Lanka in the Rio games.
Priyantha cleared a distance of 58.23 metres, recording his personal best, on Tuesday (13).
He finished behind India’s Devendra and China’s Chunliang Guo.
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Devendra won the gold medal setting a new world record with an achievement of 63.97 metres, while Guo threw 59.93 metres to win the silver medal.
