Olympic Weightlifter Broken Arm
Ouch! Weightlifter Broken Arm
Janos Baranyai of Hungary competes in the men's 77 kg group B weightlifting event during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium on August 13, 2008. AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
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BEIJING - AUGUST 13: Janos Baranyai of Hungary screams in pain after drops the weight during the Men's 77kg weightlifting competition event at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium during Day 5 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 13, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)
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BEIJING - AUGUST 13: Janos Baranyai of Hungary screams in pain after drops the weight during the Men's 77kg weightlifting competition event at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium during Day 5 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 13, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)
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BEIJING - AUGUST 13: Janos Baranyai of Hungary screams in pain after dropping the weights during the Men's 77kg weightlifting competition event at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium during Day 5 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 13, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)
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BEIJING - AUGUST 13: Janos Baranyai of Hungary competes in the Men's 77kg weightlifting competition at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium during Day 5 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 13, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
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BEIJING - AUGUST 13: Janos Baranyai of Hungary is tended to after injuring his arm during the Men's 77kg weightlifting competition at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium during Day 5 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 13, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
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Janos Baranyai of Hungary fails a lift in the men's 77 kg group B weightlifting event during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 13, 2008. AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
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BEIJING - AUGUST 13: Janos Baranyai of Hungary competes during the Men's 77kg weightlifting competition at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium during Day 5 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 13, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
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Janos Baranyai of Hungary is attended by officials after he was injured while competing in the men's 77 kg group B weightlifting event during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 13, 2008. AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Janos Baranyai of Hungary is attended by officials after he was injured while competing in the men's 77 kg group B weightlifting event during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 13, 2008. AFP PHOTO/JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Hungarian Weightlifter Gets Bad Break in Beijing
(AP) -- Hungarian strongman Janos Baranyai's first Olympics ended in agony Wednesday when he dislocated his right elbow in the ugliest moment yet of the Olympic weightlifting competition.
Baranyai was trying to snatch 148 kg in his third lift in the men's 77-kilogram division, when his elbow popped out of 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.
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