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India's Olympic star Shahid dies aged 56
NEW DELHI: Hockey star Mohammed Shahid, who saw India to a gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980, died Wednesday, his family said.
The 56-year-old, who had been battling a severe liver ailment and kidney disease, died in a hospital on the outskirts of New Delhi after being admitted there last month.
“He passed away at around 11 today. He suffered a multiple organ failure. He will be taken to Varanasi for his burial,” Shahid's son Mohammed Saif told AFP.