Olympic Games-bound wrestler Sumit Malik might be out of motion for as much as three weeks after his outdated knee damage resurfaced throughout the current World Olympic qualifiers in Sofia.
Due to this purpose, the 28-year-old wrestler gave a walkover to his opponent, Russia’s Sergei Kozyrev, within the closing of the 125kg class in Sofia on Saturday night time. He had gained the Olympic quota place by getting into the ultimate.
Finalists in every weight class had been allotted tickets to the Olympic Games, scheduled to be held in Tokyo from July 23.
“Since Malik is injured, he won’t practice as much as three weeks. We hope he would get well from the knee damage by the primary or, perhaps, second week of June. It is vital for him to get well totally as Olympics are across the nook,” as told by coach Virender Singh
“Since it was the last tournament to achieve an Olympic berth, he went all out to win. But after the semi-final, the pain got a bit unbearable, so he decided to not compete in the final,” he stated.
According to Singh, Malik, the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games champion, had damage his proper knee throughout a coaching session within the first week of April.
Despite the knee ache, Malik had carried on throughout the Asian Olympic qualification match, held final month in Almaty.
“He managed to get well as there was a niche between the Asian and the World qualification tournaments. But now he must endure correct rehabilitation forward of the Olympics,” said Singh.
The Wrestling Federation of India had picked a 12-member team, including six in men’s Greco-Roman, for the four-day World Olympic qualifiers.
Only two Indian wrestlers won Olympic quota places in Sofia; Seema Bisla was the other. She won an Olympic quota place in 50kg freestyle event after entering the final. Her opponent, Lucia Yamileth Yepez Gugman of Ecuador, pulled out of the final due to injury.
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