Former cricketer Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage delivered Sri Lanka's first gold medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games by winning the men's javelin throw earlier this week."This year is a very good season," Pathirage said after winning with a commanding throw of 88.55 meters to add the Asian Games title to victories at the elite Diamond League Final and the inaugural Ultimate Championship.A former cricket player whose powerful arm once produced deliveries of more than 130 kilometers per hour, Pathirage took up the javelin inspired by his father. Skills developed through cricket helped accelerate…READ FULL ARTICLE