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Monday 15 August 2016

Rio Olympics 2016: Armenian weightlifter rushed to hospital

Andranik Karapetyan was helped off the platform in tears after clean and jerk attempt went catastrophically wrong

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.
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The Armenian weightlifter’s arm snapped back during the attempt
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The Armenian weightlifter screams in agony as his lift goes wrong
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Andranik 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.
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The strongman was attempting to lift an enormous 195kg
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The weightlifter’s elbow appeared to have been dislocated
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The Olympics athlete was rushed to hospital in agony after his accident
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Andranik Karapetyan is doubled over in pain before going to hospital
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