Javelin accident: Salim Sdir gets hit by Tero Pitkämäki

[@spider5600]

The thing is the hospital that he was sent to was two miles away from the stadium and that was where the javelin was removed so the guy who threw it got a distance of 2 miles and 85 meters

[@jamham69]

pretty sure thats a PB.

[@jimbosayer1]

Haha

[@Bruh-jr2ep]

You clearly see the javelin lying on the ground...

[@dannyrutz3792]

Hahaha it crazy

[@manabratu9878]

dude, you made my day

[@SW-fk3rb]

This is not the fault of the Javelin thrower, it is the fault of the Olympic regulation committee who saw no problem letting people stand around down range of people throwing metal spears.

[@TheMangazixy]

S CW I agree with you, but it's not Olympic regulation comittee's fault because this isn't the Olympics but the Golden League.

[@SW-fk3rb]

Captain Alien o good pt

[@TXVR-ut6qw]

It was a mistake on pitkamaki's part. One accident doesn't mean the whole sport should be banned. That's like saying football (soccer) should be banned every time someone breaks their leg

[@steel16880]

+TXV1300R no it would be like if the ref in Soccer was standing on the field and got a concussion, so they put in a rule saying the Ref has to be off the field during play.

[@Ism0Lait3la]

steel16880 Referee has to be on the field. Other people dont have to be on the area where the javelin could possibly land

[@HORRIOR1]

Finland has the best snipers.

[@sakuwilkas]

simo häyhä

[@tonymorris7943]

You don't want to laugh at what happened to the poor guy, but the look on his face of "What the hell is THIS on my back???" is almost hilarious.

[@dollyvanderpee900]

wtf is ds😂😂

[@The_Cube-aa]

​@@dollyvanderpee900Don't just laugh, his liver and right kidney got penetrated by the spear.

[@kissshot2261]

this is pretty traumatic not only for the the victim but for the javelin thrower too tbh

[@ALLROY240]

It was a pretty nasty injury, javelin penetrated 10 centimeters, damaged liver and kidneys. A bad day at the track.

[@jouisimo5701]

he in a way got lucky , could have ben spinal cord or whatever

[@krokodil191]

Just remember, javelin was weapon in history...who knows how many people died from it

[@dijonjohn1011]

Lol I don't think many people forgot that a sharpened stick can be a weapon...

[@chakraborty1989]

A Roman emperor, Julian the apostate was killed by a military javelin as well. Just like this accident the javelin penetrated his lungs and liver, he died 3 days later due to his injuries

[@BM24DK]

Holy shit. The way that the spear wiggled back and forth in his body! OUCH!

[@tonza90]

Sdir has returned to compete jumping as a professional. Good for him!

[@MrTangent]

He has a bloodlust now unfortunately, and has been fined for repeatedly hurling the javelins into the crowd.

[@leob4403]

@@MrTangent so he is a berserker now then

[@savagehalt1555]

​@@MrTangentwhat?!

[@MrTangent]

@@savagehalt1555 Surprised you haven’t read about it. After twenty near misses, he finally impaled someone and was fined and made to sit out the next six months of competition. Something’s real fishy about it all.

[@nonconforumity]

This is the reason I decided not to the join the U.S. javelin catching team.

[@TwinBr0wn]

great shot!!!! would of made a great soldier in the roman legion

[@Skoomz]

i wasn't expecting that comment at all

[@Chebab-Chebab]

*Would have...

[@azynkron]

*would _have_ made a great soldier in _A_ Roman legion. A legion was a unit in the Roman army.

[@Andenni]

When talking about a spear as a weapon, this is probably the most outstanding javelin throw in history.

[@GutsEnthusiast]

@@azynkron he would've been a leader of a legion or however it works. 1. Would've by far have been the best javelin thrower 2. People 175cm and above were already considered candidtes to be leaders and Tero is 195cm.

[@MatthewDicksonOfficial]

THIS IS SPARTA!

[@user-ld3bl3lp7r]

Mutta eipä oo onneks! Nääi!

[@Bruh-jr2ep]

NIH!

[@RockerFinland]

So typical this happened in Rome

[@giovannibrunoro1055]

Wtf dude…. Are you serious?

[@nat17380]

Is the 2 minutes of running necessary for this video ?

[@Jokerijamis]

Well the commentators know about what happened already and talk about it during the running.

[@saucysauce4713]

I thought one of the runners was going to get it

[@buebosph610]

Yes

[@UTubeDownTheToilet]

3:00 Dafuq is this javelin doing in my back?

[@Chebab-Chebab]

'Dayum. Feels like back in prison.'

[@TXVR-ut6qw]

I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took a javelin to my back

[@crunchb3rry]

Never run from Spartacus.

[@stoatythesecond888]

That was an amazing shot, deserved points for accuracy.

[@SKL1919]

Wonder if he gave him a hallmark card afterwards "Sorry I speared you" lol

[@manicelf8807]

Ooh, that's going to leave a mark.

[@salvadoroars]

No wonder javelins were actual weapons. Beside being effective, Imagine the chaos when soldiers saw other people getting impaired with those things 😭😱

[@qasimmir7117]

Why the hell is an emergency ice cream van called in?

[@Juuk-D]

your ice cream van looks like that? What do they sell drugs?

[@mario27171]

@@Juuk-D Ice cream vans selling drugs? Glasgow Ice Cream Wars!

[@18of58]

Quite some years back, an official took one to the chest. He lived. When it stuck him, he yanked it out and dropped it, " that's the official mark!"

[@robinhaberfield3343]

Am I the only one who finds it funny that the event was sponsored by kinder?

[@AmyMayHuntCFit]

Haha!! I thought the same thing, no idea why but it cracked me up!!

[@astroblaster56]

I don't get it

[@TwinBr0wn]

kinder......SURPRISE!!!!!!

[@NorvenAux]

Such unfortunate. Much tragedy.

[@Finwagner]

I know this is a sad thing but Tero must be damn good hunter, over 50 m away and straight in the liver and kidneys :D

[@spuddy315]

Now what would have made this even better is if Tero screamed "This. Is. SPARTA!!!" as he threw the javelin.

[@petedabeast6673]

Please, please, take a seat on the field where the big men are chucking spears towards you. The invisible wall will protect you. No need to worry.

[@rooh5825]

That has to be the fattest ambulance driver in the world, yikes.

[@DayVid-il6mv]

That had to rank pretty high on the list of things he didn’t expect to happen that day. Ouch!

[@PKPK-rr3rs]

*THIS... IS... SPARTA!!!*

[@dijonjohn1011]

For this to have happened, it takes stupidity from both the tournament organizers and the athletes. Letting athletes be there while people are throwing, is obviously dumb. Being down range and not paying attention, again, pretty obviously dumb XD

[@netdude1984]

the brotha at 4:45 is ducking, looking around like, are there any more spears coming?

[@nikolytt]

I can't think about many things that would hurt more like that...seriously..that speed on the javelin and all...

[@EpicMathTime]

Anyone got a time stamp? Been trying to find it for four years.

[@aakka-p]

-**Näkee hidastettuna kun keihäs uppoo äijän kylkee** -”toivottavasti mitään ei sattunut” 😂😂

[@Lizziesboi]

Guy beside Salim: Emm Salim? Did you know there's a javelin sticking out of your back? Salim: What? What are you tal.......OHHHHH MY GODDD!!! ARHHHHH!!! HOLY FUCKK!!!! WHYYY GODD! WHYY!!!! Guy beside Salim: Told you.

[@hffin]

He's the world champion in javelin throwing......

[@guyfroml]

The IOC has just announced a new Olympic event: The Javelin Catch. Now that is one event I will definitely watch with great interest!

[@slyfoxyandalifesaver]

bloody hell! thats quite the sports injury, going to hospital with a javalin impaled in the shoulder! mind you that was a extremely good distence, that had to be at least 70! give that guy a gold medal!

[@lousaffire]

i was expecting a unit of praetorians to come charging in shortly after

[@tbodowd]

Understanding that many high schools still don't have the javelin throw as an event.

[@voluntarism335]

I sure hope the Javelin is okay

[@ltcolumbo9708]

The javelin aim explains the clean toilet bowl and yellow discoloration at the base of it

[@Schunki1993]

at hte same time the long jump (or triple jump) event took place... he was one of the participants...

[@TheChico868]

Fun fact, Tori Edwards who won that race, was later banned for drug use.

[@cicci0salsicci0]

The comment section of this video deserves a gold medal.

[@Ripwanvinkle.00]

This actually happened when tero pitkämäki hit an official in 2007

[@CamiloSanchez1979]

Gives "ownd" a total new meaning

[@problemdrinker]

If he meant that, it was a fucking SENSATIONAL shot.

[@GranAut1sm0]

still the greatest achievement of finnish javelin throwing

[@Andenni]

Just after being the most successful javelin country. I mean 22 olympic medals total in men's javelin. The soviet union is second with 7 medals.

[@Harregarre]

If they left in the javelin and the ambulance drove off to a hospital, and then they got it out at the hospital, doesn't he have an unbeatable world record?

[@SerenityStarCraft]

Even though they linked this, this is not the video Gus was talking about. I saw the one he is talking about but I can't find it now.

[@CJMeyer-xu2gy]

I don't understand; isn't that the point of this whole thing?

[@Pipari665]

Any1 else noticed how nice view there was at 0:04-0:13? xD

[@jessicacmcginn]

creep

[@Blackout5871]

"Ok, in our layout for this event, we've set it up so that the rest area is downrange of the Javelin Throw.""Isn't that a little ddangerour?""Naw, these guys are pro's. They'll keep it in the cone."

[@lastu7093]

näytti pojat siltä että ei hyvältä näyttäny

[@RUGBY4You]

Forget arrow to the knee. That is javelin to the back

[@raahr]

the javelin is a weapon

[@SirOlrox]

The real question is, how long was the throw though?

[@XxNoobsOwnsxX]

+SirOlrox The commentator said it was around 84-85m.

[@dominicwells2796]

I'm assuming you know, but just in case, it was outside the "V" shape so was a foul

[@gcolemanjav13]

Javelin is such a great event

[@yzkxreising753]

Nidalee men edition

[@ArccRnn]

Kimmo Laajoki +1 for the LoL reference

[@tomm5911]

the olympics made me remeber this...

[@jonathanpcampbell]

The ambulance driver looks like the Kool Aid man as he steps out.

[@Joengen]

No film by the throw?

[@blackdereker4023]

Why there is people around the javelin's landing field? Not always the competitor will throw a perfectly aligned javelin

[@WhippperSnaperater]

There are usually people in the vector, officials and such to measure, but the guy who actually got hit was outside the vector.

[@kipponi]

Ikävä juttu ja miten voi 10m heittää sektorista ohi ?

[@stuartallford]

that ambulance looks like an icecream van lol

[@gettingpast4391]

Wow not the throwers fault, but the committee's fault. Why would people be allowed immediately down range and completely unaware of incoming Javelins!

[@stevil2006]

also i forgot to say, the guy throwing the javelin was sponsored by KINDER, yet it was the other guy who the SURPRISE!

[@ironmanc5]

new world record for the javelin, it whent 3k all the way to the hospital

[@briantotse3]

Reminds me of the scene from Apocalypse Now where the boat-driver gets killed. "....A spear?"

[@omfgdude324]

Daaaaaaaaammmmmmmn.

[@Mixa_Lv]

@H1el Mitähän tarkotat? Kyl tätä jenkeissäkin on katottu, eikä ne paljoo suomee ymmärrä

[@lucinikkalsnik1244]

Human body can handle clear cuts or spikes extremly well, dont try it but as long as nothing get teared its pretty unlikly to die as long as its not the heart or head

[@LifeIsCrapGaming]

Mark Nutt is a master of all sports.

[@znmo0nlight]

The ancient Greeks would have been proud of that.

[@CanYouFeelTheRythym]

future olympic game, "how fast can you run from a javelin!" :)

[@Jokuvaanjee]

The most exiting thing ever happened in sports.

[@britiw]

How many points awarded for this?

[@हपिएम्]

What language is this? Japanese or Korean?

[@pentti3715]

Finnish

[@MrJtswish13]

2:28 Don't worry guys the ice cream truck's arrived!

[@Jesusnugget]

that was no accident..

[@themuhaiminful]

Our grandfather passed away in war because it

[@LordOfYahoo]

Accident or intended usage?

[@Schunki1993]

yeah.. you're right... it was bad organized... i throw javelin too and i can imagine that its really painful... °-°

[@808gamerhawaii]

since he missed his target does he get another throw?

[@baitposter]

which is why the javelin was a very effective weapon.

[@pmarkey5493]

did he win?

[@ALLROY240]

He went to the hospital and had considerable time to recover. After recovery he did compete again.

[@waldox1]

Did he get any type of compensation for this incident?

[@psychoredhot]

He sued the Italian Federation of athletism, but he lost. And Tero Pitkämäki never apologised.

[@1974Coconut]

yes he did apologise him! It's a lie that someone spreads.

[@psychoredhot]

Coconut Privately I'm sure he did (well I hope so) but publicly I don't think he ever said anyting, right ? Anyway it's the past now.

[@Cardsforfree]

So everything is forgiven now, why be angry? Salim is an ass if he is still mad! It was an accident! And Tero felt really bad because of that...

[@DarkParadice]

anyone else notice in the first 1:30 of the video when the women race they form a flying V. lol, awesome! As for the javelin.... ouch.

[@ftb3alcatraz]

you noticed that too?

[@backinthedayicanstil]

I bet the guy who got impaled was just standing there like "haha he couldn't throw that this far........ oh fuck"

[@dekuyu]

Because you can hear commentors reaction to accident if you can understand finnish.

[@satelng]

anyone get a measurement on that throw?

[@erfansvideos]

Is he ok?

[@Dattguyfrommc]

He Survived

[@renascence239]

Well,everything is good,this guy showed the real purpose of the javelin.

[@beckysberries4441]

Is he okay now?

[@tage202]

This is such a dangerous sport. If they continue to let them throw why athletes are on the field, they should look at softening the tip, for example use foam or nerf like material.