Irish Daily Mail
DUESSELDORF, Germany — An athletics official has died after he was struck by a javelin at a meeting in Dusseldorf on Sunday.
The German official, Dieter Strack, 74, was hit in the throat by the javelin as he went to measure a throw on Sunday.
He was taken to hospital and died from his injuries yesterday.
The website of the local athletics federation described Strack as ‘much-loved’. ‘All of us who were there are horrified and in shock... We will always remember Dieter,’ said a federation statement.
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