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Fractured knees, unbroken spirit
Updated On: 24 September, 2009 08:05 AM IST | | Alisha Coelho
72-yr-old plays tennis after replacing both knees
72-yr-old plays tennis after replacing both knees
Most people in their seventies are just thankful to be on their feet. But 72-year-old Balbir Singh Renu is that and much more.
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The Nagpur builder and hotelier has become the oldest player in the country with both knee joints replaced to be hitting the tennis court every morning.
Renu has received his acknowledgement letter from the Limca Book of Records saying that his name would feature in the 2010 edition.
Renu, an avid badminton player since the age of 31, had to give up his first love last year when doctors insisted that the game post replacement surgery would lead to serious consequences.
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