Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh passed away after a month-long battle with Covid19 Admin Top Stories Sat, Jun 19, 2021, at ,01:16 AM Indian sprint legend Milkha Singh died on Friday late night after a month-long battle with COVID-19, The Padma Shri awardee was 91. He breathed his last at 11.30 p.m.The legendary athlete is a four-time Asian Games gold medallist and the 1958 Commonwealth Games champion but his greatest performance remains the fourth-place finish in the 400m final of the 1960 Rome Olympics.He also represented India in the 1956 and 1964 Olympics and was bestowed the Padma Shri in 1959