The diminutive 5ft 3in athlete was bidding to stay in touching distance of the leading pack in the 75-kilogram showdown when she buckled under the strain of the weight, equivalent of 332lbs.
Her painful exit follows South Korean Olympic weightlifter Jaehyouk Sa, who was forced to abandon his competition on Wednesday after his elbow snapped back while he was attempting a 162kg lift.
Pinned:
Egypt's Khalil Mahmoud Abir Abdelrahman is pinned to the ground by the
151kg wights after she fell during a lift in the 75-kilogram event
Help:
Abir Abdelrahman recieves treatment after officials rush to remove the
bar, before she was helped out of the arena in a wheelchair
Having seemingly steadied herself for the lift Abdelrahman fell backward from a squat position and the bar struck her chest forcing her to fall to the ground.
Medical teams came to her aid and after some time she was helped off the platform at the London ExCeL centre in a wheelchair.
It
was her final attempt at the lift as she tried to keep up with eventual
winner Svetlana Podobedova of Kazakhstan, silver medalist Natalya
Zabolotnaya of Russia and Belarussian Iryna Kulesha in third
Earlier in the week there were similar weighlifting injury woes for the reigning champion in the men’s 77kg category Jaehyouk Sa.
The South Korean was taken to hospital after his second attempt at the snatch ended in disaster.
The 27-year-old successfully lifted 158kg (348.33 lbs) but tried to push it up to 162kg (357.15 lbs) the second time round.
But Sa encountered a problem halfway through the lift after he could not get out of the squatting position and his right arm buckled at the elbow.
Having seemingly steadied herself for the lift Abdelrahman fell backward from a squat position and the bar struck her chest forcing her to fall to the ground.
Medical teams came to her aid and after some time she was helped off the platform at the London ExCeL centre in a wheelchair.
Injured:
Jaehyouk Sa of South Korea fails to lift the weight in the men's 77kg
event during the London 2012 Olympic Games Weightlifting competition on
01 August, 2012
Harmed: South Korea's Jaehyouk Sa injures was taken to hospital after he was injured during his second attempt at the snatch
The South Korean was taken to hospital after his second attempt at the snatch ended in disaster.
The 27-year-old successfully lifted 158kg (348.33 lbs) but tried to push it up to 162kg (357.15 lbs) the second time round.
But Sa encountered a problem halfway through the lift after he could not get out of the squatting position and his right arm buckled at the elbow.
Ouch: Khalil Mahmoud Abir Abdelrahman from Egypt falls with the weights across her launching her on to the ground
Sa could be seen falling to the floor and screaming out in pain before officials rushed to his aid as he rolled around in agony. He reportedly suffered a dislocated elbow.
After Sa pulled out of the competition, China’s Lu Xiaojun smashed two world records in the most emphatic victory yet in the weightlifting competition.
After Sa pulled out of the competition, China’s Lu Xiaojun smashed two world records in the most emphatic victory yet in the weightlifting competition.
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