Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh dies after month long battle with COVID-19
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The Padma Shri awardee was 91, and is survived by his golfer son Jeev Milkha Singh and three daughters.
Indian dash legend Milkha Singh died on Friday after a month-long battle with COVID-19, throughout which he misplaced his former nationwide volleyball captain spouse Nirmal Kaur to the identical ailment.
The Padma Shri awardee was 91 and is survived by his golfer son Jeev Milkha Singh and three daughters. “He breathed his last at 11.30 p.m.,” a household spokesperson instructed PTI.
His situation turned essential this night as he developed issues, together with fever and dipping oxygen saturation ranges, after a bout with COVID-19, within the Intensive Care Unit of the PGIMER hospital.
He had contracted COVID-19 final month and examined detrimental for the virus on Wednesday when he was shifted to basic ICU in one other block of the hospital. Milkha had been “stable” earlier than Thursday night.
Milkha’s 85-year-old spouse Nirmal, who had additionally been contaminated by the virus, handed away at a personal hospital in Mohali on Sunday.
Milkha was admitted to PGIMER on June 3 after his oxygen ranges dipped at dwelling following remedy on the Fortis hospital in Mohali for every week.
The official picture end of the 400m closing on the Rome Olympics on September 6, 1960. It exhibits Otis Davis of the U.S. (nearer, proper) turning his head as Carl Kaufmann of Germany lunges on the tape with his head. This trick, which gave Lee Calhoun of the U.S. the excessive hurdles title, did not work for Kaufmann. The judges awarded the race to Davis however gave each athletes the world report smashing time of 44.9s. Malcolm Spence of South Africa was third in 45.5s and India’s Milkha Singh fourth in 45.6s. Photo: The Puucho Photo Archives
The legendary athlete is a four-time Asian Games gold medallist and the 1958 Commonwealth Games champion however his best efficiency stays the fourth-place end within the 400m closing of the 1960 Rome Olympics.
He additionally represented India within the 1956 and 1964 Olympics and was bestowed the Padma Shri in 1959.
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