Your story that is about winning at the international stage in sport needs to be an example for our future generations, said Minister of Youth and Sports Namal Rajapaksa yesterday (8) upon welcoming at his Ministry premises the Lankan Paralympians who brought credit to the motherland in Tokyo recently.
In the photo is Minister Rajapaksa being escorted with the two Tokyo medal winners Dinesh Herath and Dulan Kodithuwakku. Also are (not in order) Chief of Army Gen. Shavendra Silva, National Paralympics Committee President Lt. Col. Deepal Herath, Coach Pradeep Nishantha, State Minister of Sports Thenuka Vidanagamage, Sports Ministry Secretary Anuradha Wijekoon, Director General of Sports Amal Edirisooriya, Dr. Lal Ekanayake, Yaswanth Muttetuwegama, and K.P.P. Siriwardena.