Palitha Bandara claims silver in men’s shot put at Asian Para Games

Daily Mirror Sport and Newswire report that Sri Lankan para-athlete Palitha Bandara won silver in the men’s shot put at the fifth Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.

Newswire reports that Bandara recorded a throw of 14.02 metres. Daily Mirror Sport identifies the event as the men’s F42/F61/F63 shot put.

Newswire reports that Sri Lanka also won two gold medals on the same day: Pradeep Somasiri in the men’s 1,500-metre T46 and Janani Dhananjana Wickramasinghe in the women’s long jump T47. Newswire says Wickramasinghe’s 5.52-metre jump set a Games record, and that the three performances brought Sri Lanka’s tally to two gold medals and one silver.

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