Budapest: Olympic gymnastics champion Szilvester Csollany of Hungary has died from a coronavirus infection, the nation’s gymnastics federation said late Monday. He was 51. Csollany won gold on the rings in 2000 after silver in 1996. He was European champion in 1998 and world champion in 2002 on the same apparatus. Csollany contracted the coronavirus in autumn, was hospitalised in December, and in intensive care on a ventilator. He
was reportedly initially opposed to vaccination but was later said to have been jabbed. (dpa)