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Long jumper hit by javelin in stable condition(Reuters)Updated: 2007-07-20 09:27 ROME, July 19 - French long jumper Salim Sdiri, who was hit by a javelin at last week's Golden League meeting in Rome, was described as being in a stable condition. "Except for a light fever, the athlete does not show any other problems," read a statement released by Rome's Gemelli hospital on Thursday. Sdiri was injured on Friday after Finland's Tero Pitkamaki slipped at the end of his run-up and misfired his javelin into the long jump warm-up area at Rome's Olympic Stadium. The Frenchman was struck in the torso and was rushed to hospital. He was discharged on Saturday but readmitted on Sunday when a blood clot formed on his right side. The statement by Gemelli hospital added that a scan had revealed "a slight reduction in the blood clot" and a "stable hepatic and renal situation".
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