Published: May 08, 2019
- Elija Godwin ran into javelin during practice session
- Athlete expected to make full recovery after collapsed lung
A University of Georgia sprinter is expected to make a full recovery after he was impaled on a javelin during a practice session on Tuesday.
Elija Godwin was participating in a drill in which he and his teammates were sprinting backwards when he ran into the javelin, which had been left pointing out of the ground at an angle. The accident left Godwin with wounds to his back and shoulder and collapsed his left lung. Emergency services attended to him and ground off part of the javelin before he was taken to hospital where the rest of it was removed by surgeons.
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