British team members save boxing coaches' lives
After his boxer Hasanboy Dusmatov wins Olympic gold, Uzbek coach Tulkin Kilichev suddenly collapses. A doctor and a physio hear screams, "which had nothing to do with celebrations". The British duo acts swiftly.
Two members of the British Olympic team saved the life of a coach from the Uzbek boxing team at the Paris Summer Games. Tulkin Kilichev had suffered a cardiac arrest during the celebrations following his boxer Hasanboy Dusmatov's Olympic victory. British doctor Harj Singh and physiotherapist Robbie Lillis rushed to the scene, as they reported.
"The Uzbek coaching team came back into the warm-up area and everyone was celebrating, and then there were screams from that area that had nothing to do with celebrations," Lillis told the British news agency PA. "There was a shout for a doctor, for help. Harj was the first to react, and I followed with the emergency kit we have."
A Moment to Remember
Singh performed CPR, Lillis used a defibrillator. "He didn't come around at first, but about 20 to 30 seconds later, after Harj continued the CPR, he suddenly regained consciousness, which was great," Lillis said. The pair handed Kilichev over to the medical staff at the venue, Roland Garros. The coach was taken to hospital for further treatment.
Lillis later spoke about a conversation with his mother: "My mum said something very nice: 'That's your Olympic moment'. That's something I'll definitely remember." The physiotherapist and doctor Singh plan to visit Kilichev in hospital.
The Olympic Games in Paris provided an unexpected turn of events for the Uzbek coaching team, as their boxing coach Tulkin Kilichev required medical assistance after his boxer's victory. In the midst of celebrations following Hasanboy Dusmatov's gold medal win, Coach Kilichev suffered a cardiac arrest.
Despite the festive atmosphere, the swift intervention of British doctor Harj Singh and physiotherapist Robbie Lillis saved Coach Kilichev's life at the Olympic Games in Paris.
