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The Champion Who Saved Twenty
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Unbelievable RecordsMay 15, 2026

The Champion Who Saved Twenty

The Champion Who Saved Twenty Yerevan, September 16, 1976. A trolleybus plunged off a dam into the lake. It sank 10 meters with 92 people aboard. Finswimming champion Shavarsh Karapetyan was jogging nearby. He dove in repeatedly and pulled out 37 people; 20 survived. He collapsed into a coma with sepsis and pneumonia. His career was over. He never competed again.

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