We’ve seen a number of unfortunate injuries and accidents at the Rio Olympics, but Armenian weightlifter Andranik Karapetyan suffered one of the worst ones yet attempting a 195kg clean and jerk.
As you can see below, it looked like Andranik was successfully going to complete his lift but things suddenly took a horrifying turn when his elbow gave out.
Warning: The video is very graphic.
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Andranik won gold at the 2016 European Weightlifting Championships in April and was in contention for his first Olympic medal before the elbow injury.
Weightlifter Andranik Karapetyan Suffers Awful Elbow Injury
