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All was
going well for Andranik Karapetyan during his second attempt to lift 195kg
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WARNING
GRAPHIC IMAGES
*European champion Karapetyan was one of the favourites in
the 77kg (169lbs) *Yet an horrific hyperextension to his left elbow has ended
his Olympics *The 20-year-old suffered the injury while
performing the clean and jerk *As the 195kg (429lbs) weight crashed to
the mat, Karapetyan took evasive action *Medical officials rushed to attend to
the crestfallen athlete *Kazakhstan's Nijat Rahimov was the eventual
winner
Armenian weightlifter
Andranik Karapetyan crashed out of the Olympics in agony as his left elbow gave
way during a second attempt to lift 195kg (429lbs).
Daily
Mail UK report continues:
The
20-year-old was one of the favourites for the 77kg (169lbs) and strode onto the
stage with the confidence befitting a European champion and lifted the vast
weight onto his broad shoulders.
But
when he attempted the clean and jerk, his left arm gave way and he had to take
evasive action.
As
the vast weight crashed to the mat, medical officials rushed to attend to the
unfortunate young Olympian.
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| But as he propelled the vast weight vertically, the pressure told on his left limb |
Seconds
earlier, he had appeared a certainty for a medal - which would have been
Armenia's first of this Olympic Games - but his dreams were cruelly shattered
in the most devastating circumstances.
Early
suggestions were that the Armenia had suffered a dislocated elbow.
Karapetyan
was later seen being carried in to an ambulance on a stretcher on a saline
drip. His Armenian team-mates and the coaching staff all appeared very shaken
up by the incident.
Kazakhstan's
Nijat Rahimov was the eventual winner, snatching victory from China's Lu
Xiaojun with Mohamed Ihab Youssef of Egypt taking bronze.
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The pain
clear for all to see on his face, the unfortunate Karapetyan lets go in
agony
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