The health of former national Olympian Nashatar Singh has shown signs of improvement after he was warded for a week at the Kuala Lumpur Gleaneagles Hospital.

The 73-year-old who went to the Olympics for two games, suffered back and nerve pains and needs a wheelchair to move about.

Currently, he is undergoing special physiotherapy as part of rehabilitation.

“Over the past two weeks, I could not walk but now, I feel better, although there is some pain.

“Maybe, in a few days, I could go home after finishing my physiotherapy,” Nashatar was quoted as saying, in a statement issued by the National Athletes Welfare Foundation (Yakeb) today.

For the record, Nashatar was among the athletes who were in action, beginning with the 1959 SEAP Games until the Olympic Games namely, Tokyo (1964) and Mexico (1968).

Among his greatest achievements were two gold medals (javelin) in the 1965 SEAP Kuala Lumpur, one gold (javelin) in the Asian Games in Bangkok (1966), six gold medals (javelin) from 1967 to 1975 in the Sea Games and also a gold medal in shot put (1967).

Nashatar retired in 1977, and took over a coaching role from 1977 to 1994.

- Bernama