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Schoolgirl survives freak blow to head as discus lands on track
Updated On: 22 October, 2019 07:16 AM IST | Mumbai | Sundari Iyer
As irresponsible officials schedule two events at the same time at Sports Authority of India ground in Kandivli, discus thrown by an athlete injures U-17 runner; forget a doctor, inefficient DSO did not even have first-aid equipment on field
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Zoha Mansuri
The District Sports Office (DSO) continues to be least bothered about the safety of young players, who participate in their tournaments. mid-day had recently reported how the DSO authorities directly resorted to penalty shootouts instead of a full match in their U-17 inter-school and inter-college tournament at various venues in the suburbs.
On Friday, during the District Sports Office's (DSO) athletic meet at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) ground in Kandivli, young sprinter Zoha Mansuri, 15, of St Joseph's (Bandra) was grievously injured when a discus (weighing around 2kg) thrown by a discus thrower hit her on the head while she was finishing the U-17 100m dash. Zoha collapsed on the track and began bleeding profusely from the head with no medical help made available by the DSO officials; not even first aid.
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