Prakash Padukone (Photo Credit: Reuters)
Prakash Padukone, his spouse and daughter Anisha examined optimistic for coronavirus “around 10 days back”.
- PTI New Delhi
- Last Updated:May 04, 2021, 16:25 IST
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Legendary Indian badminton participant Prakash Padukone has examined optimistic for COVID-19 and is recovering from the an infection at a hospital in Bengaluru. The 65-year-old, who’s the primary Indian to win the distinguished All England Championships title in 1980, is prone to be discharged later this week. “Around 10 days again, Prakash, his spouse (Ujjala) and second daughter (Anisha), they developed signs and obtained themselves examined and the outcomes got here out to be optimistic,” Vimal Kumar, a close friend of the legendary shuttler and director at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA), told PTI.
“They got themselves isolated but after a week Prakash’s fever didn’t come down, so last Saturday, he was admitted to a hospital here in Bengaluru.
“He is okay now. All his parameters are fine, his wife and daughter are at home and he too will be hopefully discharged in 2-3 days,” he added.
One of essentially the most revered figures in world badminton, Padukone had emerged as a job mannequin of Indian sports activities throughout his enjoying days in the Nineteen Seventies and Eighties.
Padukone was additionally the primary Indian to win a medal on the World Championships after clinching a bronze in the 1983 version.
He was additionally the primary Indian to be ranked world primary after attaining the feat in 1980 following back-to-back title wins on the Denmark Open, All England Championships and Swedish Open.
Following his retirement in 1991, Padukone served because the chairman of Badminton Association of India (BAI). He was additionally the coach of the Indian staff from 1993 to 1996.
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