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Ohio State Shotputter Patrick Whalen

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Live while I'm young!
Very good read about a tragic story.

Ohio St. athlete coping with shot-put tragedy
ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLUMBUS, Ohio ? The first time Patrick Whalen saw Paul Suzuki it was already too late.

The 13.2-pound shot put had left the right hand of the barrel-chested Buckeye and started on its trajectory into the southern California sky.

No prayers could alter its three-second flight. No shouts of warning could alert the 77-year-old track official.

Long ago, coaches had taught Whalen to be careful throwing track-and-field implements used in ancient times as instruments of war. On this day, he had followed proper etiquette, scanning the V-shaped shot-put sector before launching the metal ball.

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