Wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Friday, in a tweet, said that she tested positive for
coronavirus but is asymptomatic. Phogat, who was selected for this year’s Khel
Ratna award, was training at her village in Sonepat with coach Om Prakash.

“I have tested positive
for COVID-19 in a test taken yesterday. I am currently showing no symptoms but
have isolated myself. All my family members are also isolating. I would request
everyone who has come in contact with me recently to get tested. Stay safe
everyone! Thank you,” Phogat tweeted.

The Asian and
Commonwealth Games gold-medallist will skip Saturday’s virtual ceremony for the
National Sports Awards distribution.

Phogat, the only Indian
woman wrestler to have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, is one among five
athletes chosen for the country’s highest sporting honour this year.

According to a report in
PTI, Phogat was one of the first wrestlers to raise concerns about health safety
when the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) planned to resume the national
camp in Lucknow from September 1.

With her personal coach
Woller Akos communicating the training plans every week, she had been trying to
implement them by training with Om Prakash, a very senior and trusted coach.

She had asked for exemption from the camp and after that Divya Kakran
and Rio Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik had also expressed apprehensions.
Eventually, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and the WFI decided to postpone
the camp again.