20-year-old
Armenian weightlifter Andranik Karapetyan crashed out of the Olympics
in agony after he suffered a terrible elbow dislocation during the 77kg
weightlifting event. Described as one of the favorites at the event, his
left elbow gave way during a second attempt to lift 195kg (429lbs).
Andranik had strode onto the stage
with confidence and lifted the vast weight onto his broad shoulders. But
when he attempted the clean and jerk, his left arm gave way and his
joints popped out.
He screamed in pain as the vast
weight crashed to the mat behind his head and a medical team quickly
rushed to his aid. The weightlifter was later seen being carried in to
an ambulance on a stretcher on a saline drip. More photos below...
