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This meet is also the final selection trial to form the junior national athletic pool in provision for the fourth South Asian Junior Athletic Championships 2024, which will be held in September in Chennai, India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alwis produced a fine determination of 16.69m in the men\u2019s shot put final, bettering the previous mark of 16.56m set by W.L.O.U.R. Perera of Saranankara MMV, Bingiriya, in 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, 10 new meet records were conventional on the second day of the championship, conducted by Sri Lanka Athletic.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ranhidha Alwis of the Army SC devastated a 19-year-old record in the men\u2019s under-20 shot put event on the second day of the 64th Junior National Athletic Championships 2024, which constant at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex in Diyagama yesterday. 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