And she still won the silver medal!
According to Fox Sports, a female weightlifter competing at the Pan Am Games in Ontario, Canada over the weekend was damn near crushed when she fainted during one of her clean-and-jerk attempts.
Thankfully for Genesis Rodriguez Gomez, the 233 pounds of weight fell behind her. And thankfully for all of us, the whole thing was captured on video.
Even crazier than fainting while briefly holding 233 pounds over your head? You guessed it: Waking up, adding almost seven more pounds to the bar and giving it another try.
And that’s exactly what Gomez did on her next attempt – successfully, I might add – claiming the silver medal in the process.
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