June 23, 2005

Shot Put Tragedy: An elderly track official was fatally wounded by a shot during practice for national track and field championships this weekend in Southern California Wednesday night.

posted by rcade to other at 05:30 PM - 7 comments

I believe it. Those shot puts are killer. It's pretty scary watching those 300 pound guys tossing those.

posted by dwrinkle at 05:44 PM on June 23, 2005

wow

posted by daddisamm at 05:50 PM on June 23, 2005

Very sad. When I was in high school a runner from our track team was hit in the head by an errant shot. Initially she wasy very critical but eventually pulled through with no major side effects.

posted by curlyelk at 06:24 PM on June 23, 2005

Man that sucks, either the ref was not paying attention, or a horrible case of bad aim.

posted by Rage Rod 74 at 06:32 PM on June 23, 2005

I hope the kid that threw the killer shot never has his name revealed publicly. I'm sure he already feels as awful as he possibly could.

posted by Samsonov14 at 10:48 PM on June 23, 2005

What a way to go. That's the kind of way Frank Drebin would appreciate. "Havin' your balls ripped off by a rottweiller, that's the way I wanna go!"

posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 08:29 AM on June 24, 2005

When I was in HS we had an official killed by a discus. I think most places around here now have th throwing events in very remote areas. LOL like in the cow pasture across the road and down the hill.

posted by scottypup at 03:39 PM on June 24, 2005

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