By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline
Published: 12:14 BST, 21 May 2019 | Updated: 12:58 BST, 21 May 2019
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This is the horrifying moment a weightlifter's leg snaps as he attempts to squat 250kg (550lbs) during a competition in Russia.
Yaroslav Radashkevich was at the Eurasian Weightlifting Championship when he buckled under the colossal weight at the gym in Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East.
In the footage his team remove the support and Radashkevich lowers himself, holding the weight for a brief moment with his legs bent before one of them breaks.
He suffered a compound fracture to his right tibia and was rushed to hospital on Sunday.
A weightlifter's leg snapped as he attempts to squat 250kg (550lbs) during a competition in Russia. He is pictured
