Now that has got to hurt!

[Catherine Vincent]

Track and field line judge Lia Mara Lourenco is helped after a javelin hit her in her foot during 'Brazil Trophy,' a national track and field competition, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Jonne Roriz, Agencia Estado)

She was one of the judges.

[shadowknows69]

1. Ouch, how do you think she scored that one?

Clearly any sport where spears are hurled through the air has the potential for disaster.

[Kingshakabobo]

2. Ouch! I thought I had it bad when I got hit in the face with a discus.

Lucky it was only her foot. It's easy to get distracted out there.

[BOSSHOG]

3. YOW!!!

[malaise]

4. Hit her foot?

Went through her foot is more like it. Ouch!!

[napi21]

5. Oh my GOD! I can almost feel it! How did this happen???

Was she standing somewhere she shouldn't have been?

[Kingshakabobo]

9. She was the judge. It's easy to get distracted......

I used to throw shot-put and discus and people/judges got hit all the time. Thank god we didn't have javelin.

[uppityperson]

6. ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow owowowowow

[MrCoffee]

7. You're a line judge at a javelin throwing contest. LOOK UP!!!!

[shadowknows69]

8. Actually the athlete that threw that

should get something for accuracy. You know how hard it is to hit a foot squarely like that? I used to try with lawn darts but never got a hit. I'm bad aren't I? B-)

[liberal N proud]

10. AAAAAAAAAAAArrrrrrrrrrrrggggg Now my foot hurts

[ProdigalJunkMail]

11. when working construction some years ago

I jumped from an open window onto a 1X4 that had a 20 penny nail (about 4 inches long) sticking up through it...and yes, directly onto the nail. I looked down to see about an inch and a half of nail sticking through the top of the middle of my shoe. The only recourse was to pull my foot straight up and head to the doctor. Miraculously (or rather through the fates of biology) it struck nothing but soft tissue and no major arteries or veins...the sum total of my treatment was a tetanus shot and some band-aids...oh, and I stayed off my foot for a couple of days.

sP

[Catherine Vincent]

12. okay, I suffer with gout flare ups sometimes and the pain is so bad,

it feels like a spear in my foot. No kidding.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

13. a friend is likewise afflicted

and claims that when his gout flares it is like walking on ground (not too finely) glass...

sP

[immoderate]

14. Javelin catcher is the toughest job in sports.

:)

--IMM

[OwnedByFerrets]

15. Very lucky it was ONLY her foot. nt

[file83]

16. She's lucky that didn't hit her in the head!!