Claudius better but not out of danger

KOLKATA: The condition of hockey legend Leslie Claudius, who was admitted to a hospital on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass on Monday evening, has improved but he is not out of danger yet.

According to Olympian Gurbux Singh, who visited the three-time gold medallist in the afternoon, he was told by doctors that Claudius – who has cirrhosis of the liver – was responding to treatment.

Accompanying Gurbux was 87-year-old Keshav Dutt, who won gold with Claudius at the 1948 London and the 1952 Helsinki Games. Claudius went on to be part of the gold-winning team at the 1956 Melbourne Games before he led the country to a silver in Rome four years later.

“His condition is marginally better than it was yesterday, when he was unconscious,” said Gurbux, also the Bengal Hockey Association secretary.