Long jumper Salim Sdiri of France is carried away by paramedics after he was hit by a javelin during the Golden Gala IAAF Golden League at the Olympic stadium in Rome July 13, 2007. [REUTERS]

This is a bad news I have ever heard in this year. French long jumper Salim Sdiri was taken to hospital after being hit by a javelin during the Golden League meeting in Rome on Friday.

The incident occurred midway through the evening when Finnish thrower Tero Pitkamaki slipped at the end of his run-up, hurling the javelin out to the left of the landing area and spearing Sdiri in his right side as he crouched in the long jump warm-up section. A medical crew and ambulance were quickly at the scene, but meeting organisers could not say how serious the injury was. Well, I think he is a lucky long jumper because the injury was not so bad. But I’m not sure either he has a term life insurance or not, but I think he should have one.

Source: Chinadaily.