This is the moment Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai’s first Olympics ended in agony when he dislocated his right elbow in the ugliest moment yet of the Olympic weightlifting competition.
Baranyai was trying to snatch 148kg in his third lift in the men’s 77kg division, when his elbow popped out of its socket. No longer able to support the weight of the barbell, his right forearm bent backward. The 24-year-old Hungarian fell to the floor in shock, shaking and crying out in pain.
Hungary’s coaching staff and competition officials rushed to Baranyai’s aid as he lay trembling on the floor, his arm limp and twisted out of position. Baranyai was carried off the platform on a stretcher and taken by ambulance to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment, said Benny Johansson, a technical controller at the event.
It was not immediately clear how serious the injury was.
As a life long weightlifter, all I can say is “I feel your pain”.
Looks like he tore his tricep completely off. It looks balled up. His are will never be the same. I’ll stick to sitting shoulder presses thank you.
Ruptured socket. Popped a ball joint. Ooh!
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video here
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=33a_1218642189
[Updated- Thanks – ed.]
I feel for the guy, and that second picture is hard to look at. But I can’t help but be reminded of that old Saturday Night Live skit where the guy is attempting to clean and jerk hundreds of pounds and his arms just pull out of their sockets (with blood gushing out of both sides).
Does that make me bad?
OUCH! That’s gonna leave a mark.
See what happens when you take the steroids out of the games.
Amazing how fast the dudes with the shields came up…this may be a common thing in weightlifting?
I think the weight-lifting is the scariest thing in the Olympics. The huge weight they’re lifting puts the body under incredible stress.
I prefer to loose control of my bike while riding in a tight group of cyclist, eating gravel and having a nurse remove dirt from my open woods with tweezers… then to have to watch that video again!
*&#*^%$(@)#*^#%%@&@&!!!!!!
That’s just gross. Why anyone would want to be a competitive weightlifter is beyond me.
Thank God the weights didn’t fall ON him, that would make it even worse! Hope the guy recovers and is able to return to his sports career.
KwadGuy said, on August 13th, 2008 at 12:08 pm You mean this one.
http://www.broadcaster.com/clip/9253
looks like the olympic record broke him!
“Thank God the weights didn’t fall ON him, that would make it even worse!”
Ummm they did fall on him, hit his shoulders/back on the way down… good grief thats got to be painful…
It’s disturbing how they try to obstruct the view to the guy with all those people and show multiple replays afterwards 😐 Really horrific
Always good to read about Weight training, my ex was of olympic standards.. really good!
Can I ask though – how did you get this picked up and into google news?
Very impressive, is it something that is just up to Google or you actively created?
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Did you catch the latest game on this?