Wrestling News: Vinesh Phogat has begun her road to recovery after battling covid-19. The Indian wrestler last month was tested positive for the virus ahead of the national sports day where she was to be honoured with the Khel Ratna. Two days later, however, she came back negative but continued to remain in isolation as a precautionary measure. The 26-year-old on Instagram shared a picture of her running on the treadmill and wrote “Hit the ground running. #Goodtobeback”.
The world medallist was one of the first wrestlers who raised concerns about health safety when the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) had planned to hold a national camp for women wrestlers in Lucknow. She had even requested WFI to let her skip the training.
Following suit, many other wrestlers including Sakshi Malik and Pooja Dhanda also expressed their apprehension on the idea of organising the camp. The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) taking into the wrestlers feedback into account decided to call off the plans for the women’s camp. Sports Authority of India (SAI) is yet to decide the new dates for it.
Meanwhile, the pandemic has wreaked havoc at the ongoing men’s camp in Sonepat. Four wrestlers — Deepak Punia (86kg), Navin (65kg), Krishan Saroha (125kg) and Rahul Aware (57kg)– have been tested positive. They were shifted to the SAI empanelled hospital for further monitoring. While Punia, Navin and Saroha have been discharged and put in home isolation, Aware is still in the hospital