KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 (Bernama) -- The health of former national Olympian Datuk Nashatar Singh has shown signs of improvement after he was warded for a week at the Kuala Lumpur Gleaneagles Hospital.
The 73-year-old who went to the Olympics for two games, suffered back and nerve pains and needs a wheelchair to move about.
Currently, he is undergoing special physiotherapy as part of rehabilitation.
"Maybe, in a few days, I could go home after finishing my physiotherapy," Nashatar was quoted as saying, in a statement issued by the National Athletes Welfare Foundation (Yakeb).
Among his greatest achievements were two gold medals (javelin) in the 1965 SEAP Kuala Lumpur, one gold (javelin) in Asian Games in Bangkok (1966), six gold medals (javelin) from 1967 to 1975 in Sea Games and also gold medal in shot put (1967).
The 73-year-old who went to the Olympics for two games, suffered back and nerve pains and needs a wheelchair to move about.
Currently, he is undergoing special physiotherapy as part of rehabilitation.
"Maybe, in a few days, I could go home after finishing my physiotherapy," Nashatar was quoted as saying, in a statement issued by the National Athletes Welfare Foundation (Yakeb).
Among his greatest achievements were two gold medals (javelin) in the 1965 SEAP Kuala Lumpur, one gold (javelin) in Asian Games in Bangkok (1966), six gold medals (javelin) from 1967 to 1975 in Sea Games and also gold medal in shot put (1967).
Nashatar Singh Sindhu
Nation’s favourite flag-bearer, Nashatar’s prominent achievement was when he won two gold medals in a record breaking manner on home turf during the 1965 SEAP Games, with an Asian record in javelin with a throw of 71.56m, and broke the SEAP Games record in short putt with a distance of 14.09m. In the following year, 1966 in the Asian Games in Bangkok, he threw the javelin to a new record of 72.92m to win the gold. At SEAP Games level, he dominated his favorite events by winning six consecutive gold medals in javelin from 1965-1975 and also the short putt in 1967.
Pembawa bendera Malaysia yang paling digemari- pencapaian Nashatar yang terbaik adalah semasa beliau memenangi dua pinat emas di Sukan SEAP, 1965 di ibu negara dengan lontaran lembing sejauh 71.56m, mencipta rekod Asia dan memecahkan rekod Sukan SEAP dalam acara lontar peluru sejauh 14.09m. Tahun yang berikutnya, di Sukan Asia di Bangkok, beliau sekali lagi mencipta rekod degan lontaran lembing sejauh 72.92m untuk memenangi pingat emas. Di peringkat Sukan SEAP, beliau mengungguli acara kegemarannya dengan memenagi enam pingat emas berturut-turut dalam acara lontar lembing dari 1965-1975 dan juga acara lontar peluru pada tahun 1967.
No comments:
Post a Comment