CLEVELAND (WJW) -- A Cleveland athlete just became a bodybuilding world champion — and he did it with only one leg.

Michael Anderson, 53, has been competing in bodybuilding for decades. But in 2015, an injury to his right leg revealed a more serious issue: peripheral vascular disease and a bone infection. After multiple surgeries, Anderson made the life-changing decision to amputate his leg in 2017.

“I wasn’t able to work out like I normally would. I licked my wounds with Ben & Jerry’s and Mike and Ikes,” Anderson said, recalling his lowest point.

But giving up was never an option.

Anderson, a lifelong athlete who once won state titles in track and field, rediscovered his passion when he attended a bodybuilding competition as a spectator on crutches. A judge asked when he planned to re

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