{"id":3017,"date":"2026-07-30T12:08:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/?p=3017"},"modified":"2026-07-30T12:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:08:03","slug":"sri-lankan-para-athlete-palitha-bandara-secured-the-countrys-first-medal-at-the-2026-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/si\/2026\/07\/30\/sri-lankan-para-athlete-palitha-bandara-secured-the-countrys-first-medal-at-the-2026-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan para-athlete Palitha Bandara secured the country\u2019s first medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"vc_row-6a8bac1c931bd\" class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid thegem-custom-6a8bac1c931731007\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6 thegem-custom-6a8bac1c9345c8573\" ><div class=\"vc_column-inner thegem-custom-inner-6a8bac1c9345f\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper thegem-custom-6a8bac1c9345c8573\">\r\n\t\r\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left  wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_fadeInLeft fadeInLeft\" >\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-11.22.04.jpeg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"WhatsApp Image 2026-07-30 at 11.22.04\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-11.22.04.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-11.22.04-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-11.22.04-18x10.jpeg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/figure>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-6a8bac1c93ca5 {margin-top: 70px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-6a8bac1c93ca5\" class=\"gem-divider  divider-hidden\" style=\"\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6 thegem-custom-6a8bac1c93e767941\" ><div class=\"vc_column-inner thegem-custom-inner-6a8bac1c93e77\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper thegem-custom-6a8bac1c93e767941\">\r\n\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_right-to-left right-to-left vc_custom_1785413231214 thegem-vc-text thegem-custom-6a8bac1c940323504\"  >\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-h4\">\n<p>Sri Lankan para-athlete Palitha Bandara secured the country\u2019s first medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<style>@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-6a8bac1c940323504{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-6a8bac1c940323504{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-6a8bac1c940323504{position: relative !important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-6a8bac1c940323504{position: relative !important;}}<\/style>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_right-to-left right-to-left vc_custom_1785413260860 thegem-vc-text thegem-custom-6a8bac1c9413b1943\"  >\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sri Lankan para-athlete Palitha Bandara secured the country\u2019s first medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after winning silver in the men\u2019s Discus Throw F42-44\/F61-64 event today (30).<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bandara produced an impressive throw of 46.84 metres in the final to finish second in the competition.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wales\u2019 Aled Davies claimed the gold medal, while Akeem Stewart of Trinidad and Tobago took home the bronze.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">This marks Bandara\u2019s second consecutive Commonwealth Games silver medal, following his achievement at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His 46.84m throw also stands as a new personal best in the event for the Sri Lankan athlete.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<style>@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-6a8bac1c9413b1943{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-6a8bac1c9413b1943{display: block!important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-6a8bac1c9413b1943{position: relative !important;}}@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-6a8bac1c9413b1943{position: relative !important;}}<\/style>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-6a8bac1c941aa {margin-top: 94px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-6a8bac1c941aa\" class=\"gem-divider  divider-hidden\" style=\"\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit ametcon sectetur adipisicing elit, sed doiusmod tempor incidilabore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad mini veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea <\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-delivery","category-freight"],"menu_order":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3017"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3044,"href":"https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017\/revisions\/3044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mms.dosd.gov.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}