Rio 2016: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat out for two weeks, says Team doctor

Amid the celebrations over Sakshi Malik's bronze medal, the Indian contingent at the ongoing Rio Olympics received another piece of good news with doctors saying the injury to Vinesh Phogat was a "ligament tear" and no fracture was seen

Rio de Janeiro: Amid the celebrations over Sakshi Malik's bronze medal, the Indian contingent at the ongoing Rio Olympics received another piece of good news with doctors saying the injury to Vinesh Phogat was a "ligament tear" and no fracture was seen.

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat is stretchered off after suffering an injury on Wednesday. Pic/PTI

"She will recover from the injury in about two weeks, but for her to start wrestling will take about six weeks at least," the Chief Medical Officer of the Indian contingent in Rio, Pawandeep Singh Kohli said.

Vinesh had sustained what seemed to be a serious knee injury during her bout against Sun Yanan of China in the quarter-finals of the Women's Freestyle 48kg category at the Carioca Arena 2 here on Wednesday.

"After an MRI test, we could conclude that there was a ligament tear and injury to muscles in the outer part of the knee area," Kohli said adding that recovering in such cases is ensured but she would have to rest and moved around in crutches for two weeks.

The doctor said she sustained the injury when her opponent in the wrestling match caught her foot and turned it sharply, putting pressure on the knee. "It's an agonising pain when a ligament tears," he said.

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