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No To the Nth Power, Weightlifting Division

With Leather - Sports news and gossip, panda ... found this 8/13/2008 on sportingnews.com

Sometimes, it's probably for the best that they don't show weightlifting a lot on NBC's coverage of the games. Janos Baranyai of Hungary went for 146 kg (326 pounds) on the snatch. Janos didn't make it, and his elbow vetoed the entire move by popping out of socket at the worst possible moment: with the full weight of the bar over his head. Do not watch this if you are squeamish, because it ...