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This Olympic 2012 disaster happened when defending Olympic gold medalist Sa Jae-Hyouk (South Korea) was making his second attempt of the snatch.
In Olympic weightlifting there are two types of lifts: the snatch and the clean and jerk. He was attempting snatch where lifter takes the bar from the ground to above his or her head.
In his first attempt at the snatch he had lifted 158 kg (348.33 lbs), but on his second attempt when he tried to push it to 162 kg (357.15 lbs). Disaster struck.
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