Armenia's Andranik Karapetyan was left in agony after suffering a horrific arm injury during his second lift at 195kg. Karapetyan, the 77kg European champion, attempted the lift before his elbow gave way and the weights crashed to the floor. The gold medal was won by Kazakhstan's Nijat Rahimov, who broke the clean and jerk world record to see off China's London 2012 champion Lyu Xiaojun. Story highlights Andranik Karapetyan suffers arm injuryWeightlifting champion unable to continueArmenian attended to by medicsKazakhstan's Nijat Rahimov wins 77kg title(CNN) Athletes often talk about breaking through the pain barrier -- but for one weightlifting star that simply was not an option. The 20-year-old was attended to by medical staff as he fought to keep back the tears.

Source: CNN August 11, 2016 00:25 UTC