Matthias Steiner, who switched his allegiance to Germany having previously represented Austria, won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Steiner's wife Susann died in a car accident in ...

LONDON -- It helps to have a thick neck if you're going to drop a 432-pound barbell on it. Just ask German weightlifter Matthias Steiner. The former Olympic champion is sore and bruised but ...

PHOTOS: Matthias Steiner of Germany dropped a 196kg (432-pound) barbell straight onto his neck during men's Olympic weightlifting semifinal. He didn't qualify.

Weightlifter Matthias Steiner drops 196kg on head Source: AP. Adrian Ballantyne from News Corp Australia Network. August 8th, 2012 10:06 am.