Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Para Games

Sporting event delegation

Sri Lanka at the 2018 Asian Para Games

IPC code	SRI
NPC	National Federation of Sports for the Disabled
in Jakarta 6–13 October 2018
Competitors	30^[1] in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Dinesh Priyantha
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 5 Silver 5 Bronze 5 Total 15
Asian Para Games appearances (overview)
2010 2014 2018 2022

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]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
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

^[9]^[10]

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	4	6	3	13
Wheelchair tennis	0	0	1	1
Total	4	6	4	14

Medals by day

Medals by day
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

References

^ "Athlete - Asian Para Games 2018". Retrieved 20 October 2018.
^ LTD, Lankacom PVT. "Sri Lanka ready for 2018 Asian Para Games". www.island.lk. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
^ "Sri Lanka opens Asian Para Games with 5 Medals". ThePapare.com. 2018-10-08. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
^ "Para athletes bag 14 medals at Asian Para Games 2018 | FT Online". www.ft.lk. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
^ "Sri Lanka's para heroes clean sweep three events". Sunday Observer. 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
^ "Dinesh Priyantha wins Gold with a new Asian record". ThePapare.com. 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
^ "Asian Para Games dual gold medalist honoured". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
^ "Notification of Anti-Doping Rule Violations at Indonesia 2018 Asian Para Games". Asian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
^ Sri Lanka medalists
^ Wheelchair tennis results