Weight Lifting

Anytime things go wrong for an Olympian, I feel bad.  All those years of training for the Olympics, down the drain. Defending German gold medalist, Matthias Steiner had the unimaginable happen to him during his weight lifting event, a 420 pound weight fell on his neck!

Okay, I'm not saying I can lift it, but hitting the weights can be disastrous.  First of all, why do these dudes think they can lift this much?  Second, what are these spotters doing?   Check out the carnage inside.