Gymnastic coach Brij Kishore passes away

Hyderabad: Gymnastics coach Brij Kishore, who shot to fame after his protégé B Aruna Reddy skyrocketed to world fame, succumbed to cancer here on Thursday.

He was 50 and is survived by his wife and two daughters.Ailing for a long time, the pre-eminent coach was undergoing treatment at the Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital in Banjara Hills here.

Sadly for the fraternity, the disease was detected at a very late stage because of which he was subject to chemotherapy.
The sports fraternity condoled the death and recalled the yeomen service rendered by Brij Kishore. 

His trainee Aruna Reddy is in Gold Coast for the ongoing Commonwealth Games.Aruna Reddy has regretted that her trail-blazing World Cup heroics were not watched by her guru.

The Telangana State government and Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) had extended financial assistance to the coach and have consented to take care of his daughters.