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New Delhi, 23 Aug: Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia will not compete in the upcoming wrestling World Championships after being advised a six-week rehabilitation to treat the ligament tear he suffered in his right knee in run up to the Tokyo Games.
\nThe World Championships will be held in Oslo, Norway from October 2-10 and Bajrang will not be able to begin his mat training until the rehabilitation programme is compete.
\nBajrang recently underwent an MRI scan to know the extent of the injury he suffered in Russia in June before the Olympics and consulted Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, who heads the Centre for Sports Medicine at Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital.
\n“It’s a ligament tear and I have been asked to follow a rehabilitation programme for six weeks by Dr Dinshaw. I won’t be able to compete at the World Championship,” Bajrang told PTI.
\nThere is no ranking series event lined up in the remainder of the year and Bajrang said his season is over.
\n“The Worlds was the only major championship in the calender for this year. I don’t see myself competing in any other tournament this season,” he added.
\nBajrang had suffered the injury in the run up to the Tokyo Games when he competed at a Russian tournament — Ali Aliyev in June.
\nBajrang had forfeited his semi-finals against Abulmazhid Kudiev, who got hold of the Indian’s right leg and pulled him abruptly in the first period of the bout.
\nThe impact had an effect on Bajrang’s right knee and the limping grappler immediately quit the mat but competed at the Olympics and won a bronze in 65kg category.
\n“Since it was my first Olympics and I had a dream to win an Olympic medal, I competed through pain in Tokyo. I had to do it.”
\nBajrang said he was not consulting any specific physiotherapist for his rehabilitation.
\n“I am doing it myself in Sonepat. Dr. Dinshaw has advised a few exercises, that I am doing everyday now in gym. The mat-training time will also go into the rehab,” he said.
\nThe 27-year-old said he wants to continue with his Georgian coach Shako Bentinidis, who has now left for his country since the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) is yet to offer him a fresh contract.
\nThe WFI will have a meeting with the wrestlers to gather feedback regarding all the foreign coaches involved with the Indian wrestlers before deciding on their fresh contracts.
\nWhile Bajrang trained with Bentinidis, Olympic silver medallist Ravi Dahiya had a personal coach in Russia’s Kamal Malikov.
\nDeepak Punia also had a Russian coach in Murad Gaidarov, who was expelled from Tokyo for assaulting the referee, who had officiated the bronze medal play-off that the Indian had lost to San Marino’s Myles Nazim Amine.
\nThe WFI had then terminated the services of Gaidarov.
\nSources in the WFI said Ravi’s coach Malikov will certainly get a fresh contract and even as the federation is still not completely satisfied with the performance of Bentinidis, it will still consider Bajrang’s request if he wants to continue with him. (PTI)<\/p>\n
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