Indian gymnast Pranati Nayak has learnt to live with injuries and the long road back to competition after those setbacks, but the frustrating cycle has done little to dampen her spirits as she chases a maiden Asian Games medal in her fourth appearance at the mega-event.
The 31-year-old, who is the only Indian gymnast selected for the quadrennial event, left for Aichi, Nagoya, Japan on Wednesday night for the Games beginning September 19.
It has come about after a carefully managed recovery from plantar fasciitis (inflammation of foot) that bothered her this season. She missed out on the women’s vault final at the Commonwealth Games because of this.
“I am 100 per cent fit now. Injury is a part of a gymnast’s life. A gymnast has a lot of injuries. We have to take care of them,” Nayak, who trains at the Odisha AM/NS India Gymnastics High Performance Centre, told PTI.
“I had made a mistake while running (in Glasgow) but injury was not the reason behind it. After coming back from …
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