Sri Lanka’s Hasitha Dissanayake has won the Gold medal while Senura Hansaka won Silver in the men’s triple jump event at the South Asian Junior Athletics Championships 2024 held in Chennai, India. 

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka has also secured the Gold medal in the men’s 4x400 m relay event. 

The three-day South Asian Junior Athletics Championships kicked off at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday (11), whereas the Sri Lankan athletes had managed to secure a total of nine medals on the opening day. 

The Sri Lankan team participating in the games consists of 53 junior athletes. The last South Asian Junior Championship was held in Colombo in 2018.