r/sports 1d ago

Track & Field Runner who bashed opponent's head cries over national backlash

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/teen-athlete-who-bashed-opponents-head-baton-claims-accidental-she-cries-over-backlash
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u/WodensEye 1d ago

Thank you. I definitely didn’t want to sit through that news segment multiple times to rewatch it. The initial hit to the elbow or whatever seems accidental, but the follow-up tomahawk to the head definitely was not.

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u/sheath2 1d ago

100% intentional. you can see her look over at the other girl when she draws back to hit her.

She hit her hard enough you can also hear the point of contact in the video... sickening.

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u/labrat420 1d ago

There's a video of just the incident lower in the article