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Postponed Junior National Athletics C’ship from June 7 to 10

BY SUSIL PREMALAL

The remaining 110 events of the 2022 Junior Nationals Athletic Championship will be held from June 7 to 10 at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA) has announced.

Conducted in four age groups (Under-16, U18, U20 and U23) the tournament began on May 9 but had to be postponed by the SLA because of the uncertain situation in the country. Nine finals were worked off on the opening day.

The remaining finals are scheduled to be worked off as follows:

Ten on June 7, 49 on June 8, 18 on June 9, and 32 on June 10, according to the SLA schedule. This competition serves as a final qualifying event for the August 2 to 7 World Junior Under-20 Athletic Championship to be held in Colombia. Four athletes have already qualified for the event.

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