Hopeful young sprinter Merone Wijesingha of Ananda College, Colombo garment the attention as he won the Best Performer Award at the 64th Junior National Athletic Championships 2024, which finished at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex in Diyagama
Wijesinghe was also called as the Best Athlete in the Boys’ Under-20 category as he powered his way to win the 100m final with a time of 10.38s.
In the meantime, 30 new meet records were established at this four-day meet which was conducted by Sri Lanka Athletic as a trial to pick the junior national pool in preparation for the South Asian Junior Athletic Championships in Chennai, India.
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