Youth Olympian Alegna Osorio dies after being struck by hammer during training [View all]
Youth Olympics hammer thrower Alegna Osorio has died from head injuries sustained in a training accident, the Cuban national sports institute said on Thursday.
The 19-year-old Osorio was struck by a hammer at a track and field stadium in Cuba in April.
“We share this unbearable pain with her family,” said Osvaldo Vento, the president of Cuba’s national sports institute.
Osorio placed fourth in the girls’ event at the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympics and took bronze at the Pan-American under-20 championships two years ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/29/youth-olympian-alegna-osorio-dies-after-being-struck-by-hammer-during-training
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This is a sad and devastating but thankfully relatively rare event. However, as the grandmother of a young woman who, as her mom puts it, "throws shit" (discus and shot) I am aware of the dangers. Peace and light to Alegna's family.
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