Georgian weightlifter Shota Mishvelidze is good at lifting weights. He is bad at breathing. Together, these are dangerous facts.
Weightlifter forgets to breathe mid-lift, passes out, recovers, passes out again
At the International Weightlifting Federation world championship in Houston last month, Mishvelidze passed out not once, but twice as he attempted lifts.
“He looks like he’s not all there,” said a commentator, correctly, before the second fall.
Wonderlifter captured his descent in detail:
Judging by his return to subsequent competition and how calmly his teammates responded to his collapse(s) -- i.e. by quickly forming a polite human shield in front of him while medical personnel attempted to vet that he had somehow failed once more to crush himself with the massive weight he was holding -- it seems like this spontaneous passing out is maybe pretty normal for him? Which, buddy, if you’re not big on the breathing thing, maybe choose a different hobby? Like chess! Or Parcheesi.
“Lotta heart,” the commentators concluded.
(h/t Deadspin)
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