{
  "id": 7554390,
  "title": "Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga’s record-breaking javelins damaged in flight ahead of Asian Games",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/sri-lankas-rumesh-tharangas-record-breaking-javelins-damaged-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T11:37:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/sport/sri-lankas-rumesh-tharangas-record-breaking-javelins-damaged-in-flight-ahead-of-asian-games-1.500675344"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sri Lankan javelin star Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage’s preparations for the 2026 Asian Games, stating on September 19, have suffered a major setback after all five of his competition javelins were damaged during a flight back to Colombo. Pathirage took to Instagram to share pictures of the damaged equipment, simply captioning one post, “bad luck”. In another story, he wrote “Thank You Turkish…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Island Sri Lanka",
        "title": "Tharanga lifts Sri Lanka’s profile in Budapest ahead of Asian Games",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/tharanga-lifts-sri-lankas-profile-in-budapest-ahead-of-asian-games",
        "published": "2026-09-15T00:00:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(Asiad) Accommodation shortages raise concerns ahead of Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/asiad-accommodation-shortages-raise-concerns-ahead-of-aichi-nagoya",
        "published": "2026-09-15T03:03:50.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Officials raise concerns over accommodation shortages ahead of Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/officials-raise-concerns-over-accommodation-shortages-ahead-of-aichi",
        "published": "2026-09-15T04:07:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Asian Games 2026: Schedule, teams and how to watch in the UAE",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/asian-games-2026-schedule-teams-and-how-to-watch-in-the-uae",
        "published": "2026-09-15T04:17:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Aaron-Wooi Yik set to reunite after Asian Games for LA28",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/aaron-wooi-yik-set-to-reunite-after-asian-games-for-la28",
        "published": "2026-09-15T10:05:25.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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