Tony Prasanna

“It is not the cost of a javelin, which is quite high, but the emotional attachment,”

Tony Prasanna · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16

Prasanna emphasized the emotional value of the broken javelins beyond their high cost.

“We checked in five javelins — all packed extremely carefully and well — but all of them arrived broken,”

Tony Prasanna · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16

Prasanna told AFP that all five carefully packed javelins arrived broken after the flight.

“This is a psychological setback for Rumesh, and I will counsel him on it. We were planning to take three of these javelins to the 2028 Olympics and to the Asian Games.”

Tony Prasanna · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-16

Prasanna said the damage was a psychological setback for Pathirage ahead of the Asian Games and the 2028 Olympics.