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Dinesh Priyantha creates history with first-ever Paralympic Gold medal for Sri Lanka with world javelin record Source:FT Gold Medallist Herath Mudiyanselage Dinesh Priyantha (SL) stands next to the scoreboard showing his world record throw of 67.79 metres with his National Flag at the end of the Men’s Athletics F46 Javelin Final at the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, Tokyo – Japan, 30 August – Pic courtesy OIS/Joel Marklund. Handout image supplied by OIS/IOC The Sri Lankan athlete Herath Mudiyanselage Dinesh Priyantha yesterday set a new world record and claimed Gold in men’s javelin throw F46 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Dinesh hit three birds in one stone at the Olympic Stadium today (30 August) when he claimed Gold, broke the world record and won Sri Lanka’s first-ever Gold medal in Paralympic Games history. ...