Akshay Kumar mourns demise of hockey legend Balbir Singh Senior
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Akshay Kumar mourns demise of hockey legend Balbir Singh Senior

Mumbai: Actor Akshay Kumar expressed his grief by way of a Twitter submit on the demise of legendary hockey participant Balbir Singh Senior, and remembered his “amazing personality”.

With his social media submit, Akshay additionally shared an image the place he’s seen sharing a second with the late sportsman.

“Saddened to hear about the demise of hockey legend #BalbirSingh ji. Have had the good fortune of meeting him in the past, such an amazing personality! My heartfelt condolences to his family,” Akshay wrote.

A 3-time Olympic gold medallist, Balbir Singh Senior died this morning at a personal hospital in Mohali. The 96-year-old was present process remedy at Fortis Hospital Mohali and was in a “semi-comatose condition”. He was hospitalised on May eight with excessive fever and respiratory bother. His COVID-19 test had come damaging.

“Nanaji passed away this morning,” his grandson Kabir stated in a press release.

In January final 12 months, Balbir Singh Senior was discharged from PGI after spending greater than 100 days within the hospital, the place he underwent remedy for bronchial pneumonia.

The legendary center-forward was a part of the Indian groups that gained gold on the 1948 London Olympics, Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956.

His report for many particular person targets scored in an Olympic males’s hockey closing stays unbeaten. Balbir had set this report when he scored 5 targets in India’s 6-1 win over Netherlands within the gold medal match of the 1952 Games.

He was the pinnacle coach of the Indian group for the 1975 males’s World Cup, which India gained and the 1971 males’s World Cup, the place India earned a bronze medal. He was additionally conferred with the celebrated Padma Shri in 1957.

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