- Russian powerlifting champion Alexander Sedykh broke both of his knees and snapped his quads while trying to squat nearly 900 pounds at a competition on August 10.
- He must now learn to walk again.
- "Everything hurts, but we are holding on," Sedykh told RIA Novosti. "What is the prognosis? To lie down for two months and not move your legs."
- Watch the video below. Warning: it is extremely graphic.
A Russian powerlifter fractured both of his knees and snapped his quads while trying to squat nearly 900 pounds.
Alexander Sedykh was competing in the 2020 World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WPRF) Championships in Dolgoprudny on August 10 when he attempted to lift the mammoth weight with disastrous consequences.
In a video shared by the WRPF, Sedykh can be seen loading up and attempting to squat 400 kilograms (around 880 pounds) before buckling under the weight and falling to the ground, producing a horrifying cracking sound.
He will now be confined to bed for two months, and must learn to walk again, he said from his hospital bed, according to Russian media.
WARNING: The following video is extremely graphic, and shows the moment Sedkyh was injured in full
According to RIA Novosti, Sedykh was rushed straight to hospital where he underwent emergency surgery that lasted six hours.
"The doctor said that they assembled my knee well, and the quads were sewn with a double stitch," Sedykh said. "My wife also wrote that my meniscus was torn and the tendons flew off. But they have already sewn them all."
He added: "Everything hurts, but we are holding on. What is the prognosis? To lie down for two months and not move your legs, then to re-learn to walk and recover."
Sedykh did not comment as to whether to would attempt to revive his weightlifting career following his recovery.
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