Dubai 9 November.The 9th Edition of the World Para Athletics Championship got underway in Dubai for the third consecutive day with aline of many track and field final events .
Only one Sri Lankan will be in action today (09) in the competition .Kumudu Priyanka will take part in the Women’s T46 long jump final event. Kumudu has recorded 4.41m as her best before in this event and looking forward to register a win at the competition.
She will receive a tough competition from Aleska Moguchaia of Russia (5.74m) Kiara Rodriguez of Ecuador (5.55m), Angelina Lanza of France ( 5.49m) .
Chaminda Sampath Hettiarachchi and Samitha Dulan were in action in the Men’s F44 Javelin throw on Friday (08). Both Sri Lankans had a good resistance from fellow Indian and Trinidad & Tobago athletes as expected.
The event got underway here at the Dubai Club for People of Determination grounds at 6.00pm (Dubai Time). Sri Lanka expected these two athletes to register Sri Lanka’s mark by claiming a medal as they were only behind the Indian athlete S. Sandeep.
India’s S. Sandeep and was the pick of the athletes in the Start list with a distance of 65.80 as his Season’s best. Akeeem Stewart of Trinidad and Tobago has recorded 55.42 as his season’s best.
More Sri Lankans in action on Sunday
Sunday will be the most important day for Sri Lankan camp as six Sri Lankan athletes will be in action in search of a medal.
Asian double gold medalist Amila Prashan who won both 100m and 200m in T-42 category in Jakarta and A.G. Chuladasa will take part in men’s T44 100 event heats on Sunday (10) while Dinesh Priyantha Herath who won the bronze at the last Rio Paralympics in 2016 once again will take part in the F- 46 Javelin Throw.
Nuwan Indiaka will take part in Men’s T44 Long Jump event and Buddika indrapala will also in action in Men’s T42 Long Jump event. Palitha Bandara will take part in Men’s F42 Shot Put event.
Para Athletes to Promote UN Sustainable Development Goals
The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships will be the first sporting event to promote the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
The SDG emblem will be visible on all athletes’ bibs at the competition.
Algerian runner Abdellatif Baka, Japanese long jumper Atsushi Yamamoto, British wheelchair athlete Kare Adenegan, javelin thrower Ken Kahu of Vanuatu, United Arab Emirates shot putter Sara Alsenani and Shahrad Nasajpour, a discus thrower with the refugee Para team, were the first athletes to receive the bibs.
Spaces around the field of play have also been provided to raise awareness of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) signed a statement of intent with the UN SDG Action Campaign last month at the IPC General Assembly in Bonn.
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