Melvin Cook dances to gold after a double-lung transplant
Cook, who performs as Dancing with the Scars, won four ballroom medals at the Transplant Games of America in Denver: one gold, two silver, and one bronze. He received new lungs in January 2025.
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Melvin Cook, who performs as Dancing with the Scars, came home from the Transplant Games of America in Denver with four ballroom medals, KOAM reported. One was gold, two were silver, and one was bronze. He received a double-lung transplant in January 2025.
Cook is from the Miami and Grove area of Oklahoma. The medals come from a competition for people who have been through transplant. The station's account is a straight line from new lungs in January 2025 to a dance floor in Denver where he placed four times. The results are his, from that meet. They are not a promise about anyone else's recovery.
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