Sri Lanka, Oct. 6 -- Sri Lankan para athlete Pradeep Somasiri shattered Asian Record to claim Sri Lanka's second medal at the World Para Athletics Championship in New Delhi.

Pradeep secured the bronze medal in the Men's 1500m (T46) event with a time of 3:53.77 which was a great performance by the Lankan who created new Asian Record.

The gold medal was won by Independent para athlete Aleksander Laremchuk with a time of 3.53.26 while Antoine Proud of France took silver in 3.53.62 minutes.

Pradeep Somasiri previously won gold in the same event at the Asian Para Games three years ago. He showed big improvement recently under the guidance of his coach Sajith Jayalal. Sri Lanka' s first medal of the 2025 World Para Athletic Championship came...