Obviously upset that it was a foul throw.

This is not Sparta.

Tonight we dine in the hospital.

the comments are as good as the video

Spartans! What is your occupation?

JAVELIN! Uh... I mean... Hoo-ah.

"Javelin thrower Tero Pitkämäki slipped and threw his javelin off course,"

Actually he said that was his best throw and he didnt slip.

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was a pretty good shot really.

What are those odds??? Probably better that you think at an event like that....but on Friday 13th?? Isn't a jav sorta dull at the tip?
Those Finns and French are feudin' all the time!

It amazes me that this isn't even the first time this has happened, and yet nothing will change. On a firing range, no one shoots unless everyone is behind the line. Same for archery and arrow retrieval. Why is it okay to hurl a spear hundreds of meters with people milling about, other events going on, and a surrounding audience?

Then again, thousands sit around tracks where speeding cars regularly slam into retaining walls and sometimes even into the audience, so I guess it's normal. *mind explodes*

how sharp are them tings? compared to an average steak knife, for example?

pipp3355

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41363000/jpg/_41363967_zelezny.jpg

Plenty sharp.

And even if they weren't sharp, the sheer weight and speed of the thing would easily penetrate human flesh. Mmmmm...

Silly meatbags, when will they ever learn that robots are better for taking javelins to the side

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