Sri Lanka, Sept. 11 -- Ayomal Akalanka of Ambagamuwa Central College lit up the track again by setting a new meet record in the Under-20 Boys' 400m final at the 93rd Sir John Tarbat Senior Athletics Championship at Diyagama yesterday.

Akalanka clocked a stunning 46.59 seconds to win gold, smashing the old mark and adding another title to his name. It was his second record of the meet, after he had already rewritten the 400m Hurdles record on Day Two, his pet event. The penultimate day of the four-day championship, organized by the Sri Lanka Schools Athletic Association and sponsored by Ritzbury, saw five new meet records tumble, taking the tally to 20 over three days.

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