By Dhammika Ratnaweera
Sri Lankan para Table Tennis player Dinesh Deshapriya won the gold medal at the Para Table Tennis Thailand open championships held in Lotus Hotel in Thailand. Dinesh, who also won the silver medal in Para Asian Games in South Korea in 2014, performed well this time too clinch the gold medal.
Gold medalist Deshapriya said that he was lucky to take part in this tournament and wanted to take out his best to win the highest medal. “I am happy that I was able to beat the opponent from Hong Kong in a hard-fought encounter which was decided in a 3-2 setter. He also said that being a para table tennis player, they face many difficulties finding for sponsors and thanked Sri Lanka Navy for their excellent assistance in supporting to him to participate in international events.
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