Dhananjana Wickramasingha wins silver at Asian Para Games
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Newswire reports that Janani Dhananjana Wickramasinghe won gold in the women’s T47 long jump at the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on the 23rd. Newswire says she recorded a distance of 5.52 metres, setting a Games record. Hiru News (සිංහල) and Hiru News (தமிழ்) also report her record-setting gold, though the Hiru headlines provide no further event details.
Daily Mirror Sport and Newswire report that Dhananjana also won silver in the women’s T47 200m final. Daily Mirror Sport describes the medal as Sri Lanka’s second at the Games, following a bronze won by Mohamed Safran the previous day. Newswire’s separate report identifies the medal as silver but gives no date or additional race details.
Newswire reports that Pradeep Somasiri won the men’s T46 1,500m gold, finishing ahead of competitors from India and the Philippines, who took silver and bronze respectively. Newswire says these two gold medals added to Sri Lanka’s medal tally.
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