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Sri Lanka’s javelin champion and Asian Games medal prospect, Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage, returned home following a successful international stint in Hungary to discover that all five of his carefully packed, prized javelins had arrived snapped and in pieces.Pathirage, a 23-year-old rising star who became Sri Lanka’s first Diamond League champion and has recently crossed the 92-meter mark, expressed his disappointment on social media by posting a photo of the damaged equipment alongside the major throwing distances he had achieved with them.The athlete was returning on Turkish Airlines, and a formal complaint has been lodged. His coach highlighted that beyond the high monetary value, the incident is an emotional and psychological blow because they had planned to use the equipment for upcoming major events, including the 2028 Olympics and the Asian Games. In response, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Sports announced that it will provide new javelins for him to compete at the upcoming Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan, and intends to take up the matter with the airline and pursue appropriate legal action.