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V Chandrasekhar, a three-time nationwide champion and Arjuna award-winning desk tennis participant, died aged 64 due to Covid-19 associated issues.
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- Last Updated:May 12, 2021, 12:21 IST
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Arjuna award-winning former India desk tennis participant V Chandrasekhar died at a personal hospital right here on Wednesday due to COVID-19 associated issues, household sources stated.
He was 64 and is survived by his spouse and a son.
Chandra, as he was popularly identified, was a three-time nationwide champion.
The Chennai-born participant, who had reached the semifinals of the Commonwealth Games in 1982, was additionally a profitable coach.
His enjoying profession was lower quick in 1984 following a botched knee surgical procedure at a hospital right here which led to him dropping mobility, speech and imaginative and prescient. He fought again to recuperate and served the sport as a coach.
He additionally fought a authorized battle in opposition to the hospital and received a verdict in his favour.
Current Indian paddler G Sathiyan was amongst his trainees.
The desk tennis fraternity in Chennai condoled his loss of life, saying that the game had misplaced a legend.
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