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Old 20th May 2008, 21:45     #106
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Photographer speared in leg by javelin
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A newspaper photographer got a little too close to the action at the Utah state high school track championships - and was speared through the leg by a javelin.
I just want to know one thing - did he get a photo of the javelin hurtling towards him?


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Ryan McGeeney of the Standard-Examiner was spared serious injury in the weekend mishap and even managed to snap a photo of his speared leg while others worked to help him.

"If I didn't, it would probably be my editor's first question when I got back," McGeeney said later.
Almost as good I suppose.


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The javelin was thrown by Anthony Miles, a Provo High School student who said when he saw what had happened, "my heart just stopped".

"One of the first things that came to my mind was, 'Good thing we brought a second javelin,'" Miles' coach,
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