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Seward native Jesse Rood broke the axe throwing world record on Friday at the opening ceremonies of the 2022 Cornhusker State Games with a throw of 90 ft. The previous record was 75 ft. and Rood smashed that with his throw of 90 ft. at Seacrest Field. After breaking the record, Rood attempted to shatter the record he just broke by landing a throw of 120 ft. Rood did not get one of the axes to stick from 120 ft. out, but he did come close.

Axe throwing sounds like fun, but what can go wrong right? You have a safety backstop in case you miss the target. However, nothing is as safe as we think it should be. Watch this axe throwing girl almost catches an axe with her face. She might be related to Thor, her axe seemingly wants to come back to her after the throw. Ok, what really happened was this blonde axe thrower threw way too low and the axe hit the floor. Which rebounded off the backstop and propelled back to the she "Thor". She ducked just in time as...