Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan kallon sojojin da ke da nakasa da ke yin wasanni daban-daban, shugabannin sa suka tambayi Pathirana idan yana son shiga. Daga ƙarshe ya ɗauki wasan motsa jiki a cikin 2010 kuma a wannan shekarar an lasafta shi a matsayin ɗan wasa na T46 kuma ya shiga gasarsa ta farko ta duniya, Wasannin Para na Asiya na 2010. A cikin 2012 Pathirana ya wakilci Sri Lanka a gasar Paralympics a London
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya shiga wasanni biyu, tseren mita 200 da na mita 400. A cikin mita 200 ya kasa kaiwa wasan karshe, amma a cikin mita 400 ya gama na uku don da'awar shi da lambar farko ta Paralympic ta Sri Lanka.