It is not only Team GB’s athletes who are getting their “Olympic moment” at the Paris Games.
Team GB boxing doctor Harj Singh and physio Robbie Lillis have eunited as heroes after helping to save the life of the head coach of the Uzbekistan boxing team.
Tulkin Kilichev was celebrating Uzbek boxer Hasanboy Dusmatov’s gelderly medal thrive over France’s Billal Bennama in the hot-up area of the Roland Garros on Thursday evening when he suffered a cardiac arrest.
Fortunately for the coach, Dr Singh and Mr Lillis were able to dash to his help and carry out CPR and supervise a shock using a defibrillator, esteemively.
“The [Uzbek] coaching team came back into the hot-up area and they were all celebrating, and then shouting came from that area that wasn’t celebrations at all,” Mr Lillis shelp.
“There was a cry for a doctor, for help. Harj was the first person who replyed and I adhereed with the eunitency trauma bag that we carry with us.”
Dusmatov (right) beat Billal Bennama of France to get the Olympic title. Pic: Reuters
The physio shelp a lot of coaches were “pretty visibly distressed” by the ordeal but it did not stop him putting the pads of the defibrillator on Kilichev and superviseing an recommendd shock.
“Initiassociate he didn’t come back but, about 20 to 30 seconds postpodemandr, after Harj persistd doing CPR, all of a sudden he came back conscious with us, which was wonderful,” Mr Lillis shelp.
The boxing coach was then getn to hospital by the venue’s medical staff, where it is understood he is in a stable condition.
Hasanboy Dusmatov. Pic: Reuters
The secretary ambiguous of Uzbekistan’s boxing federation Shohid Tillaboev postpodemandr posted on Instagram to say the gelderly medal thrive was the “happiest moment” but celebrations were not the same with the coach leave outing.
Mr Tillaboev wrote: “He’s the best mentor! He is a real hero!”
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Dr Singh shelp he and Mr Lillis will hopebrimmingy visit Kilichev while he recovers, holding that the entire ordeal reassociate “puts slfinishergs into perspective”.
“Everyslfinisherg happened so speedyly,” he shelp. “At some stage we will finisheavour to go to the hospital. If it could be arranged, I slfinisherk that would be quite emotional for both of us.”
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Team GB medical staff all do standard training at the UK Sports Institute, including a pitch-side trauma course to ready for excessive circumstances.
Mr Lillis confessted the adrenaline from the experience uncomferventt he could not sleep that night, but he is appreciative to have take parted a part in helping someone stay adwell.
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“It’s definitely not my day-to-day job, and I wouldn’t enjoy to originate a routine of doing it, but thankbrimmingy having had the training I was able to carry that out,” he shelp.
“My mum shelp a reassociate kind slfinisherg, she shelp: ‘That’s your Olympic moment’. It’s someslfinisherg clearly I’ll definitely recall, I don’t slfinisherk I’m going to be forgetting that any time soon.”
