Olympic Weight Lifters Arm Snaps At Elbow While Trying To Lift 429 Pounds

By Editorial Staff in Bizarre On 12th August 2016
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#1

The 2016 Rio Summer Olympics have been jam-packed with horrific injuries. Bikers have crashed, gymnasts have broken legs, and now weightlifters snapping their arms in half and this will make your breakfast come back up in a hurry.

#2

Armenian weightlifter Andranik Karapetyan hyper-extended his elbow during a lift that definitely ended his run at Rio's Olympic games, and quite possibly ended his career as well.

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#3

Karapetyan tried lifting 429 lbs (195kg) but it proved to be too much and the weight ended up folding under the pressure.

#4

Karapetyan's coach was horrified, covering his eyes, while an official helped him off the floor, trying to avoid looking.

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#5 For Karapetyan, it's the end of his Olympics and hopefully he can recover quickly to resume his promising career. Check this video.