Brace yourself.

This is a photo of Ogden Standard-Examiner photographer Ryan McGeeney. With a javelin spear through his leg.

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It landed there during the Utah state high school track tournament, with student Anthony Miles behind the throw. McGeeney, an ex-Marine who completed a six month tour in Afghanistan, did what any experienced news photog would: He got out his camera and snapped away. (No matter than it was probably McGeeney's fault; he's said to have wandered into an off-limits area.) [AP]

The spear went through one part of the leg and exited another. Most of the javelin was removed at the scene, the rest at the hospital, and McGeeney is recovering nicely.

Miles, meanwhile, went on to win the state title.

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