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Aug 14 2008

Olympic weightlifting accident

Posted by: admin in Beijing Olympics 2008, tags: ,

Pretty horrific accident

Baranyai was trying to snatch 148kg in his third lift in the men’s 77kg division, when his elbow popped out of its socket.

More pics at this link

Weightlifting injury

Weightlifting injury

Weightlifting injury

Update:

Janos Baranyai of Hungary is recovering well after dislocating his elbow at the Beijing Olympics weightlifting competition and should be able to resume his career, the International Weightlifting Federaion chief said Friday.

The 24 year-old tore his right elbow joint while making a snatch attempt at 148kg in the 77kg division contest on Wednesday, sparking fears that he would not be able to lift again.

“There is no fracture, just dislocation of two bones,” IWF chief Tamas Ajan told a news conference.

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3 Responses to “Olympic weightlifting accident”
  1. puzi says: August 14th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    poor lifter =|

  2. personlol says: September 20th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    if you look at the first picture he is screaming and its funny and on the last picture i felt soo bad for him just look at his face

  3. angelo says: March 20th, 2010 at 6:39 pm

    ouch! that hurts!

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