Zika virus scare for Indian female wrestler at Olympics
posted on Aug 14, 2016 @ 7:31PM
Babita Kumari, the Indian wrestler who will be competing in the upcoming wrestling event at the Rio Olympics is on the road to recovery after a Zika Virus scare. According to reports, Babita, who competes in women's 53kg Freestyle, developed high fever and severe body ache, and was immediately attended by the contingent doctors and the physiotherapists. After examining the 26-year-old grappler, the doctors gave her medicines, which helped in bringing the fever down. "
Babita developed fever but now she is fine and has also started training," WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar. Babita, who belongs to the famous Phogat family, is expected to recover completely and attain full fitness before she takes the mat in her maiden Olympic Games on 18 August. Other two women wrestlers in the fray are Babita's cousin Vinesh Phogat (48kg) and Sakshi Malik (58kg). Babita was lucky to have acquired a berth at the Rio Games as Mongolia's Sumiya Erdenechimeg, who had defeated her at the Asian Olympic qualifier, failed a dope test.