Telangana powerlifter, 73, wins two world medals after heart surgery
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Telangana's 73-year-old D V Shankar Rao won a bronze and a silver medal at the World Masters Powerlifting Championships in Reno, USA, 14 years after undergoing heart bypass surgery.
At 59, D V Shankar Rao was recovering from a major heart operation and had little reason to imagine that he would one day stand on an international sporting podium. 14 years later, the 73-year-old retired banker from Telangana has turned an unlikely second innings into a remarkable sporting achievement, winning two medals at the World Masters Powerlifting Championships in the United States.Rao clinched an overall bronze in the Classic division and an overall silver in the Equipped division at the competition held in Reno, Nevada, in October 2026.
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