Sri Lanka finished at sixth position with a total of 15 medals, including six gold, four silver and five bronze medals at the inaugural IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships in Dubai.
Iran topped the medals tally with a total of 23 gold, 10 silver and 7 bronze.
China finished second with 16 gold, nine silver and five bronze medals.
India finished at third with 12 gold, 10 silver and nine bronze medal with and Japan finishing at fourth with eight gold, six silver and 11 bronze medals.
A total of 24 countries competed at the inaugural IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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