After beating 1000 rivals in a 500-mile race, Percy the
racing pigeon flopped down exhausted in a Sheffield loft and
was promptly eaten by a cat.

In preparation for the 1992 New York Golden Gloves
Championships, boxer Daniel Caruso psyched himself up by
pounding his gloves into his face. In doing so, he broke his
nose and was disqualified from the match.

While waving to the crowd after finishing fourth in the 500cc
US Motor Cycle Championship in 1989, Kevin Magee fell off the
machine and broke his leg.

During a cricket game in Kalgoorlie, Australia, Stan Dawson
was hit by a delivery which ignited a box of matches in his
pocket. As he tried to beat down the flames, he was tagged
out.

Russian athlete Ivanon Vyacheslav was so thrilled to win a
medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics that he threw the medal
high into the air. It landed in Lake Wendouree, and was
never found.

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LOL what a loser...

*thinks....maybe i can go find it *