Bhubaneswar, June 19 -- Legendary Indian sprinter Milkha Singh, who passed away on Friday due to post-Covid complications, had a special connection with the iconic Barabati Stadium of Odisha.

The ace athlete known as 'Flying Sikh' had won the gold medal in the 400m event of the National Athletics Meet organised at the stadium in Cuttack way back in 1957. In the process, Milkha had also shattered the Asian record.

"I just couldn't believe the feat and spent a sleepless night," Milkha once reminisced while addressing an esteemed gathering as the chief guest to present the honours during the 'Ekalabya Award' function organised by IMPaCT (Indian Metals Public Charitable Trust), the charitable wing of IMFA in Bhubaneswar in 2016.

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