Tis Just A Flesh Wound...

Crash in the Keirin final at the Track World Cup in England on Saturday - only the front two did not get piled up.

After the third place finisher (Azizulhasni Awang of Malaysia) got up and crossed the line, he got checked out by the medics:

 

Good thing, too.  That woulda probably got infected, yo.

Headline from CNN Sports:  "Cyclist finishes race despite splinter".  My question is this:  When does it stop being a 'splinter'?  A splinter is what gets caught under your fingernail.  This is a little, ummm, bigger.

This looks strangely similar to Link's Wooden Sword from the Legend of Zelda series...