Runner Gets Robbed Of Victory By Flying Elastic Cross Bar

Runner Aengus Meldon sprinted towards victory at a university athletics event in Athlone, Ireland on Friday, when he was suddenly hobbled by a freak accident. An elastic practice cross bar from a nearby pole vault catapulted onto the track, wrapping around his legs. Meldon had been leading his heat of the men's 800 metres at the time and was thus given a place in the final.