In an embarrassing incident for the organisers, stray dogs bit coaches from Kenya and Japan in separate incidents during the World Para Athletics Championships on Friday. Both victims, though, are out of danger after being treated at a nearby hospital. Kenyan coach Dennis Maragia was speaking to one of his athletes outside the competition arena of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, when a stray dog suddenly came and bit him, according to the official. Later, the organisers also informed that Japanese coach Meiko Okumatsu was also bitten by a stray dog while she was supervising training of her athletes at the warm-up track adjacent to the main competition area. “Our coach Mr Dennis was speaking to an athlete near the call room, and a stray dog came out from nowhere and bit him,” Joel Atuti, who accompanied the team as a government of Kenya representative, told PTI.
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