By Dhammika Ratnaweera
Rio Paralympic bronze medalist Dinesh Priyantha said that his aim is to bring the gold medal in the Javelin throw at Tokyo Olympics this year as he received a cash donation from the Minister of Sports for his silve medal-winning performances at the World Para Olympics Games concluded recently in.
Sports Minister Dallas Alahapperuma gave away the cheque to this champion javelin throw para-athlete at the Sports Ministry while his coach Pradeep Nishantha and senior sports officials of the Paralympic Committee and Sports Ministry Secretary K.D.S Ruwanchandra were present at this occasion.
“Actually I won the bronze medal at last Rio Paralympic followed by silver at world Paralympic and gold at Para Asian Games in Jakarta and now I am focusing on gold in my throwing event at Paralympics,” said Dinesh Priyantha, who added that he is been well assisted by his coach for this attempt.
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