Former Cal Men's Water Polo Player Injured in South Korean Nightclub Balcony Collapse

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Team USA Men's and Women's Water Polo Teams are competing in the world championships in South Korea. The women's team won the championship and both teams were apparently celebrating in a club when a balcony fell down onto the main floor of the club. Video showed at least a dozen people trying to hold the balcony up to keep it from crashing all the way to the floor. From the story at ESPN:

A balcony inside a nightclub in South Korea collapsed on Saturday, killing two people and injuring 16, including American and other athletes at the world swimming championships, officials said.

Hundreds were at the nightclub in the southern city of Gwangju when the collapse occurred next to the athletes' village.


Among the injured were two women's water polo players and two men water polo players. One was Johnny Hooper, who I believe graduated from Cal in 2018. More from the ESPN story:

Among the Americans, Kaleigh Gilchrist of Newport Beach, California, suffered a deep left leg laceration and underwent surgery at a hospital in Gwangju, said Greg Mescall, director of communications for USA Water Polo. He said Paige Hauschild of Santa Barbara, California, suffered lacerations on the right arm and Johnny Hooper of Los Angeles on the left hand that required stitches.


Ben Hallock of Westlake Village, California, suffered minor scrapes on the legs, he said.

Pretty scary but it doesn't sound too serious for the Americans except for maybe Kaleigh Gilchrist. The full ESPN article can be read at American Water Polo Players Hurt In South Korean Club Accident.
Polodad
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Thanks for that report. I saw the tweet last night from USA Water Polo, but no details were available yet.
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