MK Kaushik, 1980 Olympic Gold Medallist And Former India Hockey Coach, Dies Of COVID-19
MK Kaushik was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1998, before being bestowed with the Dronacharya award in 2002.
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Former India hockey player MK Kaushik died after battling COVID-19
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Kaushik was a member of the Indian team that won gold at 1980 Olympics
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MK Kaushik had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 17
Former India hockey player and coach MK Kaushik on Saturday died after battling COVID-19 for the past three weeks. He was 66 and survived by his son and wife. Kaushik, a member of the 1980 Moscow Olympics gold-medal-winning Indian team, had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 17 and was admitted to a nursing home. Kaushik had coached both the senior men's and women's teams. "He was shifted to ventilator this morning but passed away just now," his son Ehsan told PTI.
Under his coaching, India men's team won a gold medal at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok.
Also, Indian women's team had won a bronze medal at the Doha Asian Games in 2006 under his coaching.
He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1998, before being bestowed with the Dronacharya award in 2002.
India is battling a devastating second wave of COVID-19 pandemic which is causing 3000 deaths everyday.