Palitha Bandara won the 1st Silver Medal for Sri Lanka at Commonwealth Games 2022.
Birmingham: Palitha Bandara won a silver medal for Sri Lanka in the men's shot put F42-44/61-64 event of the Commonwealth Games In Birmingham.
Palitha Bandara recorded a distance of 44.20 meters and won the silver medal for Sri Lanka.
It is also considered as Palitha's personal best.
Along with this controlled victory, Yupun Abeykon, who won the bronze medal in the men's 100m event, met each other in the stadium, which caused the surprise of international commentators.
With these two medals, Sri Lanka is at the 24th position in the medal table with one silver medal and two bronze medals.