As 1980 Olympics gold medal winning team members Ravinder, Kaushik succumb to COVID-19

India on Saturday lost two of its most revered hockey stars, Ravinder Pal Singh and M K Kaushik - who were both members of the 1980 Moscow Olympics-winning side - to COVID-19.

While the 60-year-old Singh succumbed to the dreaded disease in Lucknow on Saturday morning after battling for nearly two weeks, Kaushik died after failing to recover from the ailment here.

Kaushik, who guided the Indian men's team to 1998 Asiad gold medal in Bangkok, was 66 and is survived by his son and wife. He had tested positive for COVID19 on April 17 and was admitted to a nursing home here.

"He was put on ventilator this