Injury scare for Bajrang Punia forward of Tokyo Olympics

India’s star wrestler Bajramg Punia on Friday suffered a proper knee harm whereas competing in an area Russian match, lower than a month earlier than the beginning of Tokyo Olympics.
However his coach Shako Bentinidis assured that there’s not nothing to fret about.
Competing in Ali Alyev match, Bajrang was up towards A Kudyev within the semifinal when he sustained the harm.
It all began with a proper leg assault that Bajrag launched on the Russian however Kudyev received maintain of Bajrang’s proper leg and pulled him. With Bajrang mendacity on his again on the mat, Kudyev went for a pin however the Indian, writhing in ache, had given up by then.

The referee instantly stopped the bout and known as the physio.
Bajrang was struggling to face and was seen limping as he forfeited the bout.
“He is fine and normal. He has been given pain-killing injection. It does not look serious, he should be okay,” Bajrang’s Georgian coach Shako Bentinidis informed PTI from Russia.
One of India’s medal favourites on the Tokyo Games, Bajrang has been in Russia for a number of weeks now as he skipped the Poland Open, preferring to coach in Russia.
Ali Alyev meet was once a daily occasion on UWW’s annual calender however this yr the Russian Federation didn’t get permission from the world governing physique because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Russian federation then went forward with the match.