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Eight Athletes injured in nightclub balcony collapse at world swim meet

The balcony at the Coyote Ugly club close to the athletes' village was a mangled wreck [Courtesy]

Two people died and 16 were injured, including eight athletes taking part in swimming's world championship, after a balcony collapsed under the weight of party-goers at a South Korean nightclub, local police said Saturday.

The balcony at the Coyote Ugly club close to the athletes' village was a mangled wreck after it gave way and plummeted around five metres (16 feet) onto people below, sending terrified clubbers running to the exit screaming.

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