Olympic gold medallist hockey player Ravinder Pal Singh succumbs to COVID

Singh was admitted at the Vivekananda Hospital on April 24

ITDC INDIA EPRESS/ITDC NEWS Former India hockey player and a member of the 1980 Moscow Olympics-winning side, Ravider Pal Singh, died on Saturday morning in Lucknow after battling COVID-19 for nearly two weeks. Hewas 65.

Singh was admitted at the Vivekananda Hospital on April 24 after contracting the deadly virus.

According to family sources, Singh had recovered from the virus and was shifted to non-COVID ward on Thursday after testing negative.