ハンマー投げの鉄球が直撃、審判員が脚骨折　アジア大会

【杭州ＡＦＰ＝時事】中国・杭州で開催されている第１９回アジア競技大会で３０日、選手の投げたハンマーが審判員の男性（６２）を直撃し、男性が脚の骨を折るけがをした。（写真は第１９回アジア競技大会、陸上男子ハンマー投げ決勝。クウェートのアリ・ゼンカウィ〈中央奥〉が投げたハンマーが脚に当たった審判員〈中央〉）
　アクシデントが起きたのは３０日夜に行われた男子ハンマー投げ決勝の競技中。投てきの際にハンマーが防護ネットに当たったため、クウェートのアリ・ゼンカウィが途中で手放したハンマーがサークルの外の椅子に座っていた男性の右脚に当たった。
　写真では、７キロの重さがある球を受けた男性が苦悶（くもん）の表情を浮かべ、ゼンカウィが駆け寄る姿が捉えられた。
　男性はその後担架で運ばれ、会場内で応急処置を受けてから病院に搬送された。中国国営メディアによれば、男性は右の腓骨を骨折し、状態は安定しているが、手術を受ける予定だという。
　ゼンカウィは８位で競技を終えた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/10/02-14:18）

An athletics official suffered a broken leg at the Asian Games in Hangzhou after being hit by a hammer hurled during competition by Kuwait's Ali Zankawi.
The official, named as Huang Qinghua, was sitting on a chair outside the throwing circle when Zankawi aborted his attempt on Saturday evening, with his hammer hitting the protective netting.
But rather than stopping, the metal ball that weighs over 7kg (15 pounds) slammed into the technical official's right leg.
Pictures showed Huang in agony, blood pouring from his shin, as Zankawi rushed to help him.
He was carried out of the arena on a stretcher and received emergency treatment on site, before being taken to hospital for surgery.
The 62-year-old was in a stable condition after suffering a fractured tibiofibular joint, Chinese state media said.
Zankawi, a silver medallist at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, told AFP he visited Huang in his hospital bed on Sunday and apologised. The apology was accepted and they took a photograph together.
Describing the accident, the 39-year-old said: I raised my head and discovered that the hammer had bounced from the ground to the official's leg, so I quickly ran to him and tried to help him, especially since he was in a state of shock and writhing in pain.
After I got to him, I discovered a slit in his trousers and saw blood pouring from the leg, and I knew it was broken.
Then I tied it tightly to stop the bleeding until the ambulance arrived, so I helped them by putting him on an ambulance stretcher to transport him to hospital.
Zankawi, who finished eighth behind Chinese winner Wang Qi, was shaken by the incident but said it could have been far worse.
Thank god the hammer hit the ground before it hit his leg, he said.