Pathirage shared pictures of his damaged javelins on his Instagram story, with a caption \"bad luck\". In another story, he also slammed the airlines and wrote, \"Thank You Turkish Airlines\" with a broken heat emoji. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
As per Sri Lanka's Newswire, a complaint has been lodged with the airline over the incident. \"All three javelins I used for over 90 throws have been damaged. It might have been a mistake by the airline, but that\u2019s how it is. It\u2019s not a big issue. I\u2019ll move on,\u201d Pathirage was quoted as saying. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pathirage capped a stunning breakthrough season to win the men\u2019s javelin at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship with a 91.09m effort in Budapest on Sunday. The triumph earned him a prize of USD 150,000, equivalent to nearly Sri Lakan rupess (LKR) 50 million.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
His 91.09m throw was the third time he had crossed the 90 metre mark this season \u2013 setting a Sri Lankan national record of 92.62m in Rome in June, and 92.07m to win the Zurich Diamond League last month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pathirage capped a stunning breakthrough season to win the men\u2019s javelin at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship with a 91.09m effort in Budapest on Sunday. The triumph earned him a prize of USD 150,000, equivalent to nearly Sri Lakan rupess (LKR) 50 million.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Prior to winning the Diamond League Final, he had thrown a world-leading 92.62m in Rome and backed it up with a 92.07m victory in Zurich, that propelled him to the top of the world rankings this season. <\/p>\r\n\r\n