Rio Olympics 2016: Armenian weightlifter rushed to hospital in agony after dislocating elbow in weightlifting horror show
A WEIGHTLIFTER was rushed to hospital in agony after appearing to dislocate his elbow when a lift went horribly wrong.
Armenian strongman Andranik Karapetyan suffered the excruciating injury during the men’s 77kg competition at the Rio Olympics.
The Armenian weightlifter’s arm snapped back during the attemptThe Armenian weightlifter screams in agony as his lift goes wrongAndranik Karapetyan cannot control his pain after dislocating his elbow
The 20-year-old was in contention for a bronze medal when he attempted to lift 195kg in the clean and jerk.
Halfway through the attempt his left elbow seemed to pop out and Karapetyan screamed in agony before being helped off the platform in tears by members of his coaching team.
A short while later he was loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher, with a saline drip attached to him, as several of his distraught team-mates and Armenian staff looked on.
The strongman was attempting to lift an enormous 195kgThe weightlifter’s elbow appeared to have been dislocatedThe Olympics athlete was rushed to hospital in agony after his accidentAndranik Karapetyan is doubled over in pain before going to hospital
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It comes after China’s Xiang Yianmei earlier dropped a barbell stacked with 118kg on the back of her head, drawing gasps from the crowd.
She brushed off the incident to win the women’s 69kg category.
“I got hurt a little bit and it feels sore now when I nod my head,” she said later.
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