FORMER South African and New York marathon champion Willie Mtolo accidentally shot himself in the foot while hunting last week and will not race in the Old Mutual South African Marathon Championships later this month, KwaZulu-Natal Athletics said on Monday. Spokesperson Tim Whitfield said Mtolo was hunting on his KwaZulu-Natal midlands farm last Thursday when the accident happened. “He had been hunting and returned to his car. He had just climbed in when shot went off. A bullet passed through his heel but miraculously did not hit a bone or any major tendons and muscles,” Whitfield said. Mtolo was admitted to hospital in Creighton and was discharged on Sunday.