The late bloomer who battled sprinting greats
Former national sprinter Thambu Krishnan, who provided thrills at the height of the magnificence of Malaysian athletics, is no longer.
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00:00 Tanbo Krishnan, a late bloomer who bloomed in an era where Malaysia ruled sprinting in
00:08 Asia, has died.
00:10 Krishnan, a powerful rival to greats like Dr Mani Jagat Desan, died of lung infection
00:16 yesterday at Penang General Hospital.
00:19 He was 79.
00:21 He was the third member of Malaysia's 4x400m relay team and the 1972 Munich Olympics to
00:27 have died after S Sabapati and Hasan Osman, leaving PLBS Peadeza as the surviving quarter-miler.
00:37 His son, Ganesh, said his father had put much back into athletics, especially in training
00:42 children under 12, after the end of his running career.
00:46 He did it all while working as a teacher and even after he had retired as headmaster of
00:51 SJK Tamil Perai, Penang.
00:54 Krishnan wrote on Facebook last year of his dream of imparting his knowledge to school
00:59 children.
00:59 [MUSIC PLAYING]