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Originally Posted by StanF18
To protect the "faint of heart", I will not post a direct link to the Beijing Weightlifting accident that just happened with a Hungarian competitor during his lift. Just google "weightlifting + accident + Hungarian".
Picture an elbow bending in a direction it should NOT be bending in. Brutal....
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I saw a knee thing like that once. Yuk. I get nervous watching that.
Something I read that I didn't know. Many of those short, lower weight-class lifters from Turkey and the middle east in general can actually dunk a basketball, just jumping straight up. They have such strong legs and the fast-twitch action going as well. That is what lets them lift absurdly heavy things.
I saw some female lifters early in the broadcasts. They are damned strong.