This is the tragic schoolgirl who died after she was speared through the eye by a javelin during a school PE lesson.
Anastasia Ryzhenko, 13, lay in a coma in hospital for four days but never regained consciousness.
She was hit when a boy named Timur, 16, who, it is alleged, was not properly supervised, threw a javelin during the training session in Prokhladny, Russia.
Friends posted heartfelt messages to tragic Anastasia.
We will never forget you, my love, said one.
A friend Darya posted: Kingdom of heaven, our baby.
The dead girls grieving mother Elena posted her deepest gratitude to ambulance paramedics, doctors and intensive care nurses who fought to save tragic Anastasias life.
Earlier the mother claimed the coach Vladimir Miroshnichenko, 51, had placed her daughter and the male student opposite each other and turned away when the 7ft javelin was thrown.
Anastasia Ryzhenko, 13, (pictured) lay in a coma in hospital for four days but never regained consciousness
She was hit when a boy named Timur, 16, who was not properly supervised, threw a javelin which struck her during the training session in Prokhladny, Russia
Javelin coach Vladimir Miroshnichenko (pictured) is under investigation over the incident
Timur only called out a warning to the girl when it was too late, the mother alleged.
Not before throwing the spear, but at that very moment he threw it, then he called out to her, she said.
She raised her head, and the spear hit her in the eye.
The schoolgirls eye socket was pierced and her jaw broken, according to reports.
She began to bleed internally into the lungs. Tragic Anastasia would have turned 14 on May 31.
The Russian Investigative Committee is probing the incident but has not announced its conclusions yet. Both the victim and the thrower were keen young javelin athletes.
The javelin training in remote Kabardino-Balkaria region was not at a specially equipped base but on an ordinary field at Kolos sport school.
The boys mother does not admit her sons guilt at all, said Elena.
During all this time, she never came. And the coach didnt come, only on the day of the funeral.
As a mother, I would have crawled on my knees pleading: Forgive me, excuse me, maybe I can help, let me at least take you there?
The schoolgirls eye socket was pierced and her jaw broken, according to reports
Not a single one came, they didnt say: “Forgive me, excuse me”.
Yes, I understand that I dont need their “forgive me”. No one could bring her daughter back, she said.
A local social activist and blogger Anastasia Yemelyanova also raised safety concerns.
During a javelin throwing training session, a boy accidentally hit a girl. The girl lay in a coma for several days and died without regaining consciousness, she posted in a video.
A terrible tragedy. Simply unimaginable. It is simply beyond the comprehension of any normal person what the parents are feeling now….
I am a mother myself and I cannot even imagine such a thing and do not want to. [This happened] without bothering with child safety standards in advance…without bothering…
The child is dead. I just cant wrap my head around how this can happen, how this can happen.
She said Miroshnichenko and the athletes had used a field without bothering with child safety standards in advance.
A security guard who let them use the facilities had been fired, she said.
Sports schools, coaches, physical education teachers, because this can happen too, she said.
Do you even think with anything? Do you think with your head or with anything when you do something? You work with children, you understand? With children!
They are not adults who understand the consequences of their actions. And these are children! And since you work with them, you should anticipate everything and comply with safety standards.
The girl lay in a coma for several days and died without regaining consciousness
The committee has opened a criminal case into Anastasias death.
The boy left without the supervision of the teacher conducting the lesson, threw a javelin, which hit the head of an underage pupil of the school born in 2011, it said in a statement.
The victim was immediately taken to a medical facility to receive medical assistance, where she died a few days later from the injuries she received.
The statement said: The investigation has studied all the circumstances of the incident, interrogated eyewitnesses, employees of the sports school and the relevant ministry, seized documentation regulating the procedure for conducting field training sessions and ensuring safety, and other measures are being taken to collect evidence.
The actions of those responsible will be given a proper legal assessment.
It was not clear whether the coach – who has not commented on the girls death – had been detained pending the investigation.
