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Athlete Uses Hands as Tourniquet After Hammer Hits Official

Mishap at China's Asian Games left 62-year-old Huang Qinhua with a broken leg

(Newser) - The Asian Games, a multisport event held every four years, runs through Sunday, but one official might be knocked out of this year's competition for good after one matchup in the Chinese city of Hangzhou turned horrifying. Reuters reports that 62-year-old Huang Qinhua was sitting on a chair Saturday...

North Korean Athletes: We're 'Longing' for Missing Kim

Songs were sung honoring Dear Leader they 'long to see'

(Newser) - Kim Jong Un has disappeared from public view, but he's apparently not far from the hearts of North Korea's 273-member delegation to the Asian Games, which last night held what the AP calls an "Evening longing for respected Marshal Kim Jong Un." Says an apparently...

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