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PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2006
14 Dec 2006
Source: Reuters

 
PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2006 Brazilian javelin judge Lia Mara Lourenco is helped by colleagues and medics after a javelin, launched during warm-ups by a competitor, pierced her foot before the start of the competition in a national athletics championship called Trofeu Brasil (Trophy Brazil) in Sao Paulo September 24, 2006. Lourenco was taken to the hospital and underwent surgery to remove the javelin tip. BRAZIL OUT
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