ROME -- French long jumper Salim Sdiri suffered a one-inch wound to his side when he was hit by a javelin during the Golden Gala on Friday.
The incident occurred midway through the evening when Finnish thrower Tero Pitkamaki slipped at the end of his run-up, hurling the javelin out to the left of the landing area and spearing Sdiri in his right side as he crouched in the long jump warm-up section.
Sdiri suffered no internal damage, Italian athletics federation spokesman Marco Sicari said, adding that Sdiri never lost consciousness but does not remember the accident because he went into shock.
A shocked-looking Pitkamaki held his head in his hands after the incident but took his next throw in the javelin competition.
It could have been worse though considering the weight & speed of a javelin
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Jul-15-2007 08:26
Orko
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whoa, talk about bad luck.
Jul-15-2007 14:30
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pics or.....
actually i change my mind
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Jul-15-2007 14:57
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pwnd?
lol
The first thing that came to mind was George's dad from Sienfeld, in the "Assman" episode where he sits on Fusilli Jerry and takes it right up the pooper
"It was a one in a million shot, doc! One in a million!"
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Jul-15-2007 15:57
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Originally posted by Orko
whoa, talk about bad luck.
I'd say more like insanely good luck. Getting hit with a javelin flying at full speed and coming away with no major damage is amazing. I hope the guy who threw it is ok (yes...the one who threw it). There have been a lot of incidents like that that athletes have never recovered from, mentally. Granted, they've been ones that resulted in major injury or death (boxers whose opponents have died, football players who have left someone paralyzed from a hit, pitchers who have hit batters in the head, etc.), but it could probably have the same impact.
Is this common, like people being hit by errant drives or foul balls, or is this a next-to-never fluke?
Jul-15-2007 22:03
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I'd say more like insanely good luck. Getting hit with a javelin flying at full speed and coming away with no major damage is amazing. I hope the guy who threw it is ok (yes...the one who threw it). There have been a lot of incidents like that that athletes have never recovered from, mentally. Granted, they've been ones that resulted in major injury or death (boxers whose opponents have died, football players who have left someone paralyzed from a hit, pitchers who have hit batters in the head, etc.), but it could probably have the same impact.
Is this common, like people being hit by errant drives or foul balls, or is this a next-to-never fluke?
luck he didnt get hurt, bad luck that he got hit.
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Jul-15-2007 22:36
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luck he didnt get hurt.
Oh, it will have hurt.
Jul-15-2007 23:24
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Oh, it will have hurt.
hurt as in "javaline through the eyeball" hurt
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Jul-16-2007 04:02
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i saw the news on ESPN a couple of days ago, saw the report on espn.com, and saw the video on youtube.
the video looks scary. the frenchman was stretching, and all of a sudden the javelin just spears him on the side.
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