Ambepitiya in final

Shehan Ambepitiya became the first Sri Lankan Junior athlete to enter the World Junior World Athletics Championships in Poland yesterday and also became the third Sri Lankan to enter a world athletics championship final.

Shehan, with a time of 10.52 seconds, was placed fourth in the semi-final of the 100m.

The student from Gateway College who won the gold medals for 100m and 200m at the Last South Asian Junior Championships in Colombo is coached by Sunil Gunawardena. BP