Suresh Dharmasena gained his first game in the Wheelchair Tennis Men\u2019s Singles First Round at Roland-Garros, Court 9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dharmasena tired Austria\u2019s Josef Riegler. The first set ended 6-1 and the second 6-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naveed Raheem finished 10th overall in the Men\u2019s 400 m Freestyle S9 at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, securing fifth place in Heat 1 with a time of 4:42.71.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Raheem did not qualify for the finals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A student of D.S. Senanayake College Colombo, Raheem has plenty of years ahead in the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Para Games, he won a Bronze medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pradeep Somasiri, who is another promising Lankan athlete, ranked 10th overall in the finals of the T46 1,500 m athletics finals, clocking 4:01.84 in the race held yesterday (31 August).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Suresh Dharmasena gained his first game in the Wheelchair Tennis Men\u2019s Singles First Round at Roland-Garros, Court 9. Dharmasena tired Austria\u2019s Josef Riegler. The first set ended 6-1 and the second 6-3. Naveed Raheem finished 10th overall in the Men\u2019s 400 m Freestyle S9 at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, securing fifth place in Heat 1…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,67],"tags":[940,941],"class_list":["post-7375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletic","category-national-athletics","tag-paris-2024-paralympics","tag-suresh-dharmasena"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t