Overview

• Kenya’s Dennis Maragia (Mwanzo) and Japan’s Meiko Okumatsu were bitten on the warm-up track Friday morning, with incident times logged around 9:18 am and 9:42 am.
• Event medics provided immediate care before transferring both to Safdarjung Hospital’s anti-rabies clinic; Okumatsu required stitches and received vaccine, immunoglobulin and tetanus, while Maragia sustained a calf bite.
• A stadium security guard was also attacked within roughly 30 minutes, and multiple outlets report this was the fifth bite incident recorded during the championships.
• The organising committee says it asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on August 21 to clear strays and blames re-entry on individuals feeding dogs near the venue.
• MCD has reinforced two dedicated dog-catching teams with vehicles inside the stadium to relocate captured animals to shelter homes under welfare norms, as competition continues under tighter precautions.