This is the moment an Olympic weightlifter suffered an excruciating elbow injury that ended his hopes of winning his first medal.
Armenian strongman Andranik Karapetyan was taken to hospital in agony after appearing to dislocate his elbow when his lift went horribly wrong at the Rio Olympics.
The 20-year-old was competing in the men’s 77kg weightlifting final.
Karapetyan was in contention for a bronze medal when he attempted to lift 195kg in the clean and jerk.
But his arm bent the wrong way and crumpled under the weight of the bar leaving him screaming in pain.
Medics and trainers rushed to his aid and he was helped off the platform in tears.
His Armenian trainers were seen with their heads in their hands at the sight with many fans in the Riocentro Pavilion unable to watch.
Karapetyan was later loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher with a saline drip attached to him, before he was taken to hospital.
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