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		</div><h3><span style="color:#3b0a0a;"><strong>20-year-old European weightlifting champion Andranik Karapetyan, one of the favorites in the 77kg (169lbs) weight class hyperextends left elbow attempting a lift, ending his Olympic dream</strong></span></h3>
<h3><span style="color:#3b0a0a;"><strong>The 20-year-old suffered the injury attempting the clean and jerk a 195kg (429lbs) </strong></span></h3>
<h3 class="linkro-darkred"><span style="color:#3b0a0a;"><strong>Kazakhstan&#8217;s Nijat Rahimov won the event</strong></span></h3>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-54627" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/andranik-karapetyan3.jpg" alt="Andranik Karapetyan3" width="632" height="438" /></p>
<h6><strong>Andranik Karapetyan seemed certain to medal until he attempted the clean and jerk at 429lbs</strong></h6>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-54630" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/andranik-karapetyan6.jpg" alt="Andranik Karapetyan6" width="637" height="449" /></p>
<h6><strong>The dramatic hyperextension ended the 20-year-old&#8217;s olympic dreams</strong></h6>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-54629" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/andranik-karapetyan5.jpg" alt="Andranik Karapetyan5" width="638" height="329" /></p>
<h6><strong>Andranik Karapetyan let go of the massive weight which crashes to rhe mat</strong></h6>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-54631" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/andranik-karapetyan7.jpg" alt="Andranik Karapetyan7" width="640" height="390" /></p>
<h6><strong>The injured olympian screams in pain</strong></h6>
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<h6><strong>Andranik Karapetyan grabs the injured arm</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Armenian weightlifter Andranik Karapetyan&#8217;s Olympic dream is over after his elbow buckled on a second attempt to lift 195kg. The 20-year-old was one of the favourites for the 77kg and strode onto the stage with the confidence. But when he attempted the clean and jerk, his left elbow buckled, the arm gave way and he had to take evasive action.<br />
As the massive 429lbs weight crashed to the mat, medical personnel rushed to attend to the agonizing athlete who was screaming in pain.<br />
Seconds earlier, he had appeared a certainty for a medal &#8211; which would have been Armenia&#8217;s first of this Olympic Games &#8211; but his dreams were cruelly shattered in the most devastating circumstances.<br />
Kazakhstan&#8217;s Nijat Rahimov was the eventual winner, China&#8217;s Lu Xiaojun won silver and Mohamed Ihab Youssef of Egypt took the bronze medal.</p>
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Armenian weightlifter’s arm snaps as he tries to lift 429lbs and leaves him screaming in agony as he exits Rio Olympics
