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Photographer Gets Speared by Javelin at School Track Meet

msn.foxsports.com — A newspaper photographer from Utah got a little too close to the action at the State High School Track Championships — and was speared through the leg by a javelin. The thumbnail to this story is the picture he shot of himself, while others tended to him.

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  • DanielJoel, on 05/20/2008, -18/+1Soon they'll be standing in the gun ranges at the local police training academy trying to grab a few good shots (literally).
    • michaelb323, on 05/20/2008, -1/+3Yea, and javelin throws will be banned in the US because they could be used as a weapon. Why do people have to stand down range anyway?
    • beargrylls, on 05/20/2008, -1/+5No they won't.
    • AtomicTheory, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1you suck
    • over900000, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1That's what I really dislike about Olympics. All those field judges are just standing there while things like discus, javelins, shot puts, hammers are flying towards them. Recipe for a disaster.
  • kickoff22, on 05/20/2008, -9/+17Ouch. You would think the photographer would be more careful with sharp javelins flying around the sky...
    • shutaro, on 05/20/2008, -0/+37Yeah... Perhaps he didn't see the point.
    • ikcilabd, on 05/20/2008, -1/+1aparently his lens was pointed in the other direction
    • erichw1504, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2maybe that was the point
    • theRIAA, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2the javs in my district all have metal mushroom heads with protective rubber tips...
  • Aereo, on 05/20/2008, -3/+247I give this guy major man points for taking his own injury photo with a ***** javelin in his leg. Badass.
    • davidsmero, on 05/20/2008, -0/+42Would have got more points if he pulled it through and threw it back at the kid.
    • aelias, on 05/20/2008, -1/+27Sign of a good photographer. Always get the shot.
      • fultron89, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1You could say the same thing about marines.
    • R4mbini, on 05/20/2008, -0/+2THAT is dedication to the job :P
    • HoldenDapen0r, on 05/20/2008, -0/+12He is an ex-Marine....
    • jezsik, on 05/20/2008, -0/+14Badass? C'mon, the guy's a marine fer pete's sake. It's just a minor inconvenience for him.
      • petebot, on 05/20/2008, -0/+6He is Vigo! You are like the buzzing of flies to him!
    • VVCephei, on 05/20/2008, -1/+0Not really.. all you need is morphine.
      • aeiou, on 05/20/2008, -1/+3bahh.... I just broke my back, arm and leg a couple weeks ago... they gave me morphine at the hospital- did nothing. Oxycodone is where its at.
  • terrizance, on 05/20/2008, -1/+162"One of the first things that came to my mind was, 'Good thing we brought a second javelin,"

    ...and that is a great example of human compassion.
    • gurellia53, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1probably the same guy that sprayed pee on the vegetables
    • mnemy, on 05/20/2008, -7/+4Ehh. If the guy was dumb enough to get in the way of a javelin... kinda hard to feel sorry for him
    • feoren, on 05/20/2008, -0/+7"Ohhh nooo" you said. "We don't need two Javelins" you said. "What could possibly go wrong if we only bring one" you said. Well I guess you weren't counting on one getting stuck in a photographer, were you, huh? That's why I'm the coach, bitch!
      • iSamurai, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1If I could infinitely digg you up I would
  • ontain, on 05/20/2008, -6/+35mere flesh wound
    • synthoid, on 05/22/2008, -0/+1Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase 'sharp accident'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • DiggLive, on 05/20/2008, -13/+19*insert Nelson's "Ha-Ha!" here*
  • castevens, on 05/20/2008, -7/+47This is far from the first time something like this has happened. People need to stand further away. This is why God created Telephoto lenses
    • santaliqueur, on 05/20/2008, -1/+17I thought it was for peeping toms? Either way, good times.
    • kkitsune, on 05/20/2008, -6/+26http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephoto_lens#Histor ...
      God didn't create it. Give credit where credit is due.
    • Duositex, on 05/20/2008, -1/+1So you have other examples of photographers who took pictures of javelins piercing their shins? I bet bears to beets that you don't.
      • coheedcollapse, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1I took a picture of my foot when I stepped on a fishhook and put it straight through it somehow. Does that count? The skin is all crinkly because the barbs caught on the inside and squished it all together.
    • EserVerx, on 05/20/2008, -1/+2Actually Thomas Rudolphus Dallmeyer is credited with the invention of the telephoto lense. Although it was first conceptualized by Johannes Kepler.

      Although, as is very common with a lot of things, others were also recognized as having invented the telephoto lens in other parts of the world around the same time period.

      I study photography. =P
    • coheedcollapse, on 05/20/2008, -1/+7A lot of photographers prefer to get closer to the action rather than hanging back and using a telephoto.

      That, and freelance photographers have trouble getting them because a quality telephoto costs more than a small car. We have to buy all of our own equipment.
  • Sikarian, on 05/20/2008, -13/+2I would have dug you up had you left off literally.
    • chanop, on 05/20/2008, -0/+9That little blue "reply" under the red and green thumbs isn't there for decoration
    • Sikarian, on 05/20/2008, -1/+1Gah, ***** me and my failure at the new comment system. Bury me to oblivion, thanks.
  • WVUChrisF, on 05/20/2008, -9/+1[et]Ouch[/et]
  • ScottyDontKnow, on 05/20/2008, -5/+26"He got shafted"
  • GiJoeBob, on 05/20/2008, -5/+11I could be wrong, but I am pretty sure that is not how you are supposed to do it.
  • beargrylls, on 05/20/2008, -0/+41http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEmklTvAkbM
  • Pete0430, on 05/20/2008, -1/+12I got it! I got it! I got it! ...
  • RudeCommentGuy, on 05/20/2008, -7/+0HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
  • zombie2, on 05/20/2008, -6/+1Oh my god, that is effing gross.
  • AdamaObama, on 05/20/2008, -7/+2Hmm...Let's see... Got to find the right word...

    OW!
  • KloroFormd, on 05/20/2008, -12/+8A tattoo shop is a much safer place to get a piercing.
  • amgamer23, on 05/20/2008, -8/+3That is a man dedicated to his job.
  • seastobble, on 05/20/2008, -6/+19This remind anyone else of Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura???

    "I'll have you know that I have the reflexes of a cat and the speed of a mongoose. Throw it. I DARE YOU!"
  • bicyclethief, on 05/20/2008, -7/+5FLAWLESS VICTORY
  • BryanG412, on 05/20/2008, -6/+7Great shot kid that was one in a million!
  • tool4life, on 05/20/2008, -3/+2Sigh...some people will do anything to get a decent story.
  • bizmowacka, on 05/20/2008, -4/+58DO I TAKE IT OUT OR DO I LEAVE IT IN?!
    DO I TAKE IT OUT OR DO I LEAVE IT IN?!
    DO I TAKE IT OUT OR DO I LEAVE IT IN?!
    • macaddct1984, on 05/20/2008, -0/+15Ahh! Take it out, take it out!
      [Blood spurts out]
      Ahh! Put it back, put it back!

      But seriously, never remove objects from puncture wounds, let them do it at the hospital.
  • Treshnell, on 05/20/2008, -8/+2I thought that javelin was illegal on the high school level. They never had it at our school or any Meets I went to.
    • murraj2, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1It's based on the state. Though I think most do allow the javelin, but not the hammer throw.
    • SkippyDoorknob, on 05/20/2008, -0/+12You went to Wimp High
  • rabidbob, on 05/20/2008, -2/+40Pics or .... ah ... yes ... I see.
  • ShooterMcGavin, on 05/20/2008, -1/+6That's gonna leave a mark.
    • erichw1504, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1He'll be feeling that in the morning
  • macweirdo42, on 05/20/2008, -2/+4Wow, and he wasn't even photographing the javelin competition. You know, I have a general rule of thumb for situations like this - wandering around near high school students throwing sharp, pointy objects is just asking for trouble.
  • enivid, on 05/20/2008, -1/+8In this episode of Teen Girl Squad the ugly one gets JAVELINED!!!!
  • blackjack75, on 05/20/2008, -3/+4Javelins don't kill people. Precisely-aimed javelins do.
    • fultron89, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1No, video games kill people.
    • blackjack75, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1I have been saying for decades that Summer Games II is a creation of the Devil. But nobody would listen..
  • thatguyfred, on 05/20/2008, -0/+31Walk it off.
  • perudo, on 05/20/2008, -4/+0The police officers there told him to get off the field 3 times. but he wouldnt then he got nailed.
  • mzx639, on 05/20/2008, -2/+2Shish kabob.
  • Dumbledorito, on 05/20/2008, -1/+18M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers: I got another body coming in. Guy took a javelin to the chest.
    Det. Lennie Briscoe: Why are you still in this line of work?
    M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers: Free javelins.

    - Law & Order
  • bdbr, on 05/20/2008, -0/+3Some states don't allow javelin as a track sport for this very reason.
  • purelithium, on 05/20/2008, -2/+2Damn! The dude survived a tour in the 'gan to be ***** up by a javelin back home.

    If any of you military fellows are out there, did any of you at first think "Damn! He got hit by a javelin anti-armour weapon?"
    • SlapTard, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1Actually, no. "Private Pyle, what in the ***** are you doing wandering around my impact area!!!"
  • ikcilabd, on 05/20/2008, -1/+3...meanwhile, the shotput photographer got stoned, the hammer throw photographer got nailed and the discus photographer got...uh... Tron'd?
  • soupnrc, on 05/20/2008, -2/+1FTA:
    "One of the first things that came to my mind was, 'Good thing we brought a second javelin,"' Miles' coach, Richard Vance, said...

    /FTA

    Wow... that was nice of him.
  • NeoCortex, on 05/20/2008, -0/+20He's an ex-marine. I'm surprised he didn't just take it out himself and walk it off.
    • odyss3y, on 05/20/2008, -1/+4He only did 6 months in Afghanistan. Clearly he wasn't up to the challenge.
  • yowhat2002, on 05/20/2008, -1/+1That a love, honour, obey reference? :S

    If so

    LEAVE IT IN AND GET OUT!
  • Jsmuli2, on 05/20/2008, -2/+2True Beavis and Butthead moment.

    And Ace Ventura 2: Electric Boogaloo "Quick, throw me a spear!"
  • troycott, on 05/20/2008, -0/+13First rule of photojournalism: If you can't find a story, make one!
  • Duositex, on 05/20/2008, -1/+1Painful accident or trend-setting body jewelry? You decide.
  • musicforus, on 05/20/2008, -6/+1Can we stop throwing sharp, pointed sticks through the air and calling it a sport now?
    • Duositex, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4In his defense he was trying to invent a new sport by combining soccer and the javelin... Because he is a pioneer in the sport he has saved countless lives by demonstrating a pressing need for protective gear.
  • RazorUK45, on 05/20/2008, -4/+2Erm.....boom legshot?
  • erichw1504, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1javelin

    you're doing it wrong
  • Ubergoober3, on 05/20/2008, -4/+13There's no such thing as an ex-marine.
    • Chickenlip, on 05/20/2008, -5/+5That's got to be the douchiest thing I've read all day.
  • elamr, on 05/20/2008, -0/+4as bad as this is. It could have been much, much, much, much much much worse.
    • Duositex, on 05/20/2008, -0/+12Yeah, like if it was a radioactive explosive javelin tossed into a bus full of handicapped orphans with cancer causing it to careen out of control and plow into a rehabilitation clinic for paralyzed burn victims during rush hour in New Delhi.
      • Miche1987, on 05/20/2008, -1/+4You are a sick, sick man with sick, sick thoughts.....

        Dugg.
        • fultron89, on 05/21/2008, -0/+2Sounds like an Uwe Boll film to me.
      • lynx44, on 05/21/2008, -0/+1I was just about to say the same thing
  • solidcube, on 05/20/2008, -3/+9Pity the reporter wasn't from Fox.
  • qwikmr2, on 05/20/2008, -1/+7I wish I could claim it as mine but its not:

    From the news page client nine: said
    The Polish javelin team...won the toss and elected to recieve...
  • tntgs, on 05/20/2008, -3/+1Hmm, I saw the title of this Digg post and thought that Britney Spears assaulted a photographer
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