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AP PHOTOS: Athletes across the Paris Games sustain bloody injuries during competition
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Blood drips down the face of Italy’s Aziz Mouhiidine after his loss to Uzbekistan’s Lazizbek Mullojonov in their men’s 92 kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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PARIS (AP) — Athletes around the Paris Games have sustained bloody injuries during competition.
The Associated Press captured images of men and women competing with these injuries mostly to their faces. While many of these types of injuries have occurred in boxing and wrestling, there have been notable exceptions.
Flavia Saraiva, of Brazil, has an injury after falling during a warm up during the women’s artistic gymnastics team finals round at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde bleeds as he runs behind Mexico’s Aram Michell Penaflor Moysen during the mixed relay triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Blood is seen on Kyrgyzstan’s Munarbek Seiitbek head after fighting Cuba’s Saidel Horta in their men’s 57 kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Belgium’s Arthur De Sloover is helped by a team support staff as he walks off the pitch after getting hurt during the men’s Group B field hockey match between India and Belgium at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Colombes, France. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Blood runs down Cuba’s Saidel Horta’s face after fighting Kyrgyzstan’s Munarbek Seiitbek in their men’s 57 kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Joosje Burg of the Netherlands had blood covering most of her face after being injured in a field hockey match. New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde bled heavily from a cut between his eyes during the running portion of the mixed relay triathlon.
Netherlands’ Joosje Burg is attended to as she is helped off the ground after getting injured during the women’s semifinal field hockey match between Argentina and Netherlands at the Yves-du-Manoir Stadium during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Colombes, France. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Helen Louise Maroulis, of the United State, and Ukraine’s Alina Hrushyna Akobiia compete during their women’s freestyle 57kg quarterfinal wrestling match at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Azerbaijan’s Sabah Shariati reacts after he was injured during the men’s Greco-Roman 130kg wrestling bronze medal match against Iran’s Amin Mirzazadeh, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Bulgaria’s Bilyana Zhivkova Dudova waits for medical attention during their women’s freestyle 62kg repechage wrestling match against Mongolia’s Purevdorjiin Orkhon, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Kazakhstan’s Nurbek Oralbay reacts after he lost to Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzhniak in their men’s 80 kg final boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) France’s Billal Bennama between rounds against Dominican Republic’s Yunior Alcantara in their men’s 51 kg semifinal boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
France’s Sarah Michel Boury played with a different kind of bloody injury as large, dark purple bruises were captured under both of her eyes after she took an elbow to the face in a basketball game.
Sarah Michel Boury (10), of France, acknowledges the fans after a game against Germany in a women’s quarterfinal game at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Egypt’s Abdellatif Mohamed, bottom, and China’s Meng Lingzhe compete during their men’s Greco-Roman 130kg wrestling bronze medal match, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Georgia’s Lasha Guruli, after he defeated Kazakhstan’s Bazarbay Mukhammedsabyr in their men’s 63.5kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/John Locher) Ukraine’s Parviz Nasibov celebrates after defeating Azerbaijan’s Hasrat Jafarov during their men’s Greco-Roman 67kg semifinal wrestling match, at Champ-de-Mars Arena, during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Though there were plenty of bloody boxing injuries, but the one to Georgia’s Lasha Guruli might have been the worst. He had a huge, bloody gash above his right eye after defeating Kazakhstan’s Bazarbay Mukhammedsabyr in their men’s 63.5kg quarterfinal match.
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