A year ago the 52-year-old prison guard was in hospital, having suffered a heart attack while training at home during lockdown. Twelve months later he has won the overall bronze medal at the Olympic weightlifting world masters championships in the men’s 50-54 102kg category. The contest was held over Zoom last week and, competing at his home Otago Weightlifting gym in Dunedin, Evans won three medals. It was a great result, although he said the lifts were not quite as much as he hoped for. It all contributed to finding a way to keep doing what he loved — just doing it more carefully.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 04, 2021 16:30 UTC