Hyderabadi bodybuilder Karunnapan Venkatesan wins Bronze at Mr. Olympia

Karunnapan Venkatesan of Hyderabad secured a bronze medal at the drug-free Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition in Las Vegas, competing against participants from 16 countries. He is the only Indian to medal, adding to his recent Natural Mr. World Championship success.

HYDERABAD: Karunnapan Venkatesan of Hyderabad won a bronze in the ‘Mr Olympia’ bodybuilding competition in Las Vegas conducted by the INBA with participants from 16 countries taking part in it.

For the 49-year-old Venkatesan it was yet another creditable achievement considering this competition was drug free with stringent anti-doping tests conducted for every competitor.

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He also happens to be the only one from India to win a medal in this championship.

It may be mentioned here that Venkatesan won gold in the Classic Bodybuilding category and finished third overall in the ‘Natural Mr World Championship’ in Los Angeles last week.

“The jet lag was the main reason and the gap between 2 competitions was very less and not enough time to prepare for the next one,” Venkatesan said on finishing with a bronze.

“Being vegan, finding food there and working out with jet lag was the main problem and also the winners focused only for one competition whereas I participated in both,” he said.