Colombo, Sept 05: The Sri Lankan athletic squad's physiotherapist has "disappeared" in Paris after last month's World Championships in France, a state-run daily reported today. The Sri Lankan squad returned home yesterday without Anura Rohana who was also the physio of Olympic bronze medallist Susanthika Jayasinghe, the daily news said.

The paper quoted officials as saying that the physio had disappeared from the games village taking with him his personal belongings. Sri Lankan officials and sportsmen and women are known to have stayed back in several countries after attending international and regional sporting events.

Bureau Report