Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Para Games | |
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IPC code | SRI |
NPC | National Federation of Sports for the Disabled |
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Jakarta 6–13 October 2018 | |
Competitors | 30 [1] in 9 sports |
Flag bearer | Dinesh Priyantha |
Medals Ranked 14th |
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Asian Para Games appearances ( overview) | |
Sri Lanka took part in the 2018 Asian Para Games which was held in Jakarta from 6 to 13 October 2018, sent a delegation consisting of 30 para-athletes in 9 different sporting events. [2] The 2016 Rio Paralympic medalist Dinesh Priyantha Herath was the skipper and the flagbearer for the contingent. Sri Lanka secured 5 medals on the opening day of the Asian Para Games. [3]
Sri Lanka claimed 13 medals solely in the event of para-athletics during the competition including 4 gold medals and finished at 14th position out of 43 nations. [4] Sri Lanka also secured all three medals across two tracks and field events during the competition, which was the first-ever instance in Sri Lankan sports history. [5]
Sri Lankan skipper Dinesh Priyantha set a new Asian Para Games record in a javelin throw of 61.84m to secure a gold medal in the men's F46 javelin throw event. [6] Amila Prashan also set a new Asian Para Games record by clocking with a timing of 12.56 seconds to clinch gold in the men's 100m T42/63 category. [7] In July 2019, it is announced that Sri Lanka had a silver upgraded to gold and an extra bronze medal from medal reallocation due to a doping violation of an Uzbek athlete. [8]
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Warnakulasooriya Amila Prasan | Athletics | Men's 200m T42/T63 | 08 Oct |
Gold | Warnakulasooriya Amila Prasan | Athletics | Men's 100m T42/T63 | 09 Oct |
Gold | Buddika Indrapala | Athletics | Men's Long Jump T42/T61/T63 | 10 Oct |
Gold | Dinesh Priyantha | Athletics | Men's Javelin Throw F46 | 11 Oct |
Gold | Amara Indumathi | Athletics | Women's Long Jump T45/46/47 | 08 Oct |
Silver | Hetti Arachchige | Athletics | Men's Javelin Throw F42-44/61-64 | 08 Oct |
Silver | Chuladasa Abarana | Athletics | Men's 200m T42/T63 | 08 Oct |
Silver | Chuladasa Abarana | Athletics | Men's 100m T42/T63 | 09 Oct |
Silver | Bandara Halgahawela | Athletics | Men's Shot Put F42/61/63 | 11 Oct |
Silver | Indika Maththaka | Athletics | Men's Long Jump T44,T62/64 | 12 Oct |
Bronze | Kumudu Priyanka | Athletics | Women's Long Jump T45/46/47 | 08 Oct |
Bronze | Buddika Indrapala | Athletics | Men's 200m T42/T63 | 08 Oct |
Bronze | Bandara Rathnahenakralalage | Athletics | Men's 100m T42/T63 | 09 Oct |
Bronze | Pushpakumara Pattiwila | Athletics | Men's High Jump T44/64 | 10 Oct |
Bronze | Lasantha Ranaweera Suresh Dharmasena |
Wheelchair tennis | Men's Doubles | 11 Oct |
Medals by sport | ||||||
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Sport | Total | |||||
Athletics | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | ||
Wheelchair tennis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
Medals by day | ||||||
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Day | Date | Total | ||||
1 | October 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | October 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
3 | October 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
4 | October 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
5 | October 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
6 | October 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | October 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |