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Runner Makes Disastrous Attempt at Hurdles

Student athlete runs chest-first into hurdles, finishes race

By Tim Karan,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 5, 2012 10:23 AM CDT | Updated Jul 8, 2012 7:02 AM CDT

(Newser) – There are sports bloopers, and then there's this: One young athlete who apparently struggled to clear the first two hurdles in a 110-meter race ended up instead deciding to barrel through the remaining barriers during the recent Chinese University Games. In this video picked... More »

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Nutmegged
Jul 8, 2012 6:41 PM CDT
Had this been in the US, he would have been punched in the face by his opponent for getting in the way.
dawnarun
Jul 8, 2012 11:23 AM CDT
This video has got to be over a year old. Why is it on Newser? I guess Newser staff (and all you commenters below me) don't visit the other parts of the internet very much. Edit: Did a quick search. Same video, uploaded 2010. http://youtu.be/YIn-v0UqHCk
Doug_Masters
Jul 8, 2012 9:30 AM CDT
........ Funniest video I have seen in a long time... the first 10 times I watched it I was trying to figure out if it was a joke or something... then when I realized the embarrassing carnage was all real, the next 30 times I watched was for pure enjoyment.
 

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