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Who doesn’t love a round of arm-wrestling right? A chance to show off your muscles while proving that you’re the best/strongest arm-wrestler around!
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This college student however learnt that a simple game of arm-wrestling could go very, very wrong.
A 21-year-old student from the Jiangsu city of Changzhou, recently ended up in the hospital after an arm-wrestling contest with a broken and bruised arm!
The student, surnamed Xu, was locked in a contest with a college friend when he heard a “clicking” sound and was suddenly unable to move his hand. He was then taken to the hospital.
At the hospital, doctors took an X-ray of his severely bruised arm and found that Xu’s humerus – the bone connecting the shoulder and elbow, had fractured in two places!
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According to a doctor who spoke to reporters afterwards, the injury was surprising as Xu is young and his bones were strong. Maybe his friend was a lot stronger than they both thought?
We must admit, the injury looks really painful and we can only imagine the pain Xu went through after the arm-wrestling match.
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Arm-wrestling may be fun, but let’s not go too overboard! If you feel pain, it’s really okay to let go! Better a lost than a broken arm, right?
Have you ever been a part of an intense arm-wrestling match?
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