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"MORGANTOWN - A Monongalia County woman says a triathlon sponsor is responsible for her foot being cut while getting in the water for the swimming portion of the race.<br /><br />Abby Meadema Steketee filed a suit April 13 in Monongalia Circuit Court against The Great Morgantown Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc. and Health and Fitness Promotions Inc.<br /><br />Health and Fitness Promotions sponsored a triathlon competition on June 25, 2005, which Steketee entered. <br /><br />The swimming portion was in the Monongahela River, which Steketee claims is contaminated. <br /><br />\"The degree of contamination in the river at the time of the triathlon rendered the water unreasonably safe for swimmers,\" the suit says. <br /><br />According to the suit, swimmers had to enter the river by walking down a boat ramp, part of which was covered in water. <br /><br />Steketee claims that when she entered the water, she stepped on a sharp object and severely cut her foot, by her third, fourth and fifth toes. <br /><br />According to the suit, no first aid or emergency transportation was provided. <br /><br />Steketee was transported to Ruby Memorial Hospital. According to the suit, she developed a severe foot infections because of the contamination in the river. <br /><br />Steketee claims the triathlon sponsors owed the participants prompt and adequate medical care. The suit also says the participants were not warned of the dangerous contamination of the Monongahela River.<br /><br />Steketee seeks compensatory and punitive damages for her injuries. <br /><br />Robert Miller II is representing Steketee. <br /><br /><i>Monongalia Circuit Court case number 07-C-260</i>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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