Coaches, guard bitten by stray dogs at Worlds
New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- The dog menace marked its presence at the World Para Athletics Championships on Friday with three separate incidents being reported from the warm-up area - barely 50m from the competition area - at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
The victims include a security guard, Kenyan sprint coach Dennis Maragia and Japanese coach Meiko Okumatsu. All three were taken to Safdarjung hospital and were discharged after being administered anti-rabies injections. Two dog catching vehicles were rushed to the spot and about 10-12 strays were caught and sent to an NGO in Lajpat Nagar. It is learned that the dog catching exercise was on when a stray turned aggressive and bit the Kenyan. "He was with our 200m sprinter Stacey Obonyo in the morning and that is when a stray dog bit him in the right calf while he was fixing her starting blocks," Michael Okaro, the Kenyan team doctor, said.htc...
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