An athletics official suffered a broken leg and serious bleeding after being hit by a misthrown hammer in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, but his vital signs are now stable, a spokesman for the games said on Sunday.
Just before 8 p.m. local time on Saturday, Kuwait’s Ali Zankawi lined up for one of his throws in the men’s hammer final at the eastern Chinese city’s packed Olympic stadium. But instead of soaring straight onto the outfield, the hammer flew out sideways and low to the right, smashing into the leg of the sitting technical official. Looking horrified, Zankawi sprinted over as blood began spurting from the official’s right leg.
“Currently his vital signs are stable.” Afterwards Zankawi looked shaken and was seen asking after the official, according to a Reuters witness. The final was won by China’s Wang Qi. Zankawi finished eighth but still managed a season’s best of 67.57 m, which he threw in the second round before his misthrow. As is common in athletics competitions, the official had sat several metres from the cage-like netting that surrounds the throwing circle where the athletes spin and take their throws.
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