Hi,
I came across a couple of interesting happenings at the recent track meet in Rome. Firstly a French long-jumper was hit by a javelin.
Javelin went in 5 inches - he needed 14 stitches. Wouldn't that freak you out?
Watch it on UTube.
Second thing is that there is big controversy about a South African 400m runner, who is a double amputee (from knee down) and runs on fibre blades. Apparently in a 400m race, towards the last 100m, your calves fill with lactic acid and runners generally can't go as fast as for the previous 300m. Since he doesn’t have calves, he doesn't have this problem so can keep going at the same pace throughout. So the controversy is whether or not he should be allowed run in an able bodied race. Video clip can be viewed from here:
Thought these were mad enough to merit a blog entry for first time in 6 months!
Clodagh