Sam Parsons took a tumble after successfully leaning past an opponent in the men’s 5,000-meter race.
Sometimes you have to do whatever it takes to cross the finish line, even if it means a broken bone or two. That’s exactly what happened to German runner Sam Parsons this past weekend at the German Athletics Championships in Kassel.
Parsons took a tumble and landed on his hand while attempting to lean at the men’s 5,000-meter finish line to fend off competitor Aaron Bienenfeld. An X-ray later revealed that Parsons broke his scaphoid, a tiny bone located below the base of the thumb that is crucial for both motion and stability of the wrist.shows Parsons’ outstretched arm as he attempted to cross the finish line before stumbling and landing awkwardly on the hand.
“Fractured my scaphoid at the end of the event last weekend,” Parsons captioned a photo of the X-ray on his Twitter. “Frustrating, but it is what it is.”
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