Former India hockey coach Jagbir Singh suffers coronary heart assault, in ICU

The 2-time Olympian is right here for the Hockey India League (HIL) with Crew Gonasika.

Jagbir felt respiration issues throughout the workforce’s coaching session on Friday afternoon and was instantly taken to Apollo Hospital, the place he was identified with a blocked artery.

He suffered a coronary heart assault whereas the medical doctors had been treating him for the blocked artery.

“Jagbir felt respiration issues after he went to lodge following the Crew Gonasika’s coaching session with whom he’s related. He was immediately taken to Apollo Hospital the place he’s underneath ICU now,” a supply instructed PTI.

A wonderful ahead of his time, Jagbir is at the moment in ICU.

The 59-year-old former Air India worker represented India within the 1988 Olympics in Seoul and the 1992 Video games in Barcelona.

He performed for India between 1985 and 1996, successful a bronze medal within the 1986 Asian Video games in Seoul and a silver within the 1990 version in Beijing. In all, he earned 175 worldwide caps.

Jagbir coached the Indian males’s workforce within the 2004 Olympic Video games in Athens.