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Snooker: No mountain too high for Subramaniam

Updated on: 07 April,2012 06:55 AM IST  | 
Sundari Iyer |

Polio-hit Matunga Gymkhana cueist V Subramaniam has been playing despite having no vision in his right eye.

Snooker: No mountain too high for Subramaniam

He underwent a bypass operation last year and was whitewashed yesterday 0-3 (53-19, 52-17, 66-36) by Khar Gymkhana’s Pawan Kohli in the second qualifying round of the Bombay Gymkhana ‘Strokes’ Snooker Invitational Open Tournament.



V Subramaniam lines up a shot at Bombay Gymkhana yesterday. Pic/Bipin Kokateu00a0


But the 40-year-old tutor vows to carry on, no matter what: “The bypass surgery that I had a year ago actually has helped me a lot. I play the sport knowing my shortcomings, but I do not take them as a handicap.”u00a0Subramanian is ranked second in the state in billiards.


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