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golfmom
05-20-2008, 08:15 AM
... and takes a picture :doh: The kid who threw the javelin went on to become state champion!

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/958975,WA20_javelin_s1.article

http://media1.suburbanchicagonews.com/multimedia/javelin1.jpg_20080519_22_48_15_106-0-0.imageContent

PROVO, Utah (AP) -- A newspaper photographer got a little too close to the action at the state high school track championships — and was speared through the leg by a javelin.

hipmamajen
05-20-2008, 11:41 AM
I'd take a picture, too! I mean, what else are you gonna do while you're laying there?

I wonder if that throw counted, or if the kid had to repeat it due to "interference" or something?