New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): Indian para-cyclist Arshad Shaikh is recovering properly after present process surgical procedure for a displaced fracture of his left femur sustained in a crash throughout the males’s time trial occasion on the Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
Arshad is presently recuperating on the Chutoen General Medical Centre in Shizuoka Prefecture, the place Indian Ambassador to Japan Nagma Mohammed Mallick visited him on Monday and wished him a speedy restoration and a fast return to sport.
The Ambassador assured Arshad and his group members that the Indian Embassy would proceed to supply all mandatory help till he’s medically match to journey again to India.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) are in fixed contact with the athlete and the Indian Embassy in Japan to coordinate the help required throughout his restoration.
Embassy of India in Japan shared particulars of the go to on X, stating, ‘Ambassador Mallick visited Chutoen General Medical Centre in Shizuoka to fulfill Indian para-cyclist Arshad Shaik, who sustained an damage whereas competing within the biking occasion throughout the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games 2026. Ambassador wished him a speedy restoration and warranted his group of the Embassy’s continued help till he’s medically match to journey again to India.’
Arshad, who represented India on the 2024 Paris Paralympics, was the nation’s lone para-cyclist on the Games in Japan. He suffered the damage after falling throughout the males’s time trial on the Izu Velodrome in Shizuoka, greater than 250 km from Nagoya, and touchdown on his beforehand operated left residual limb.
The damage concerned the higher a part of the femur close to the hip. Arshad has an above-knee amputation on his left leg and depends on a prosthesis.
Before the surgical procedure, Team India chief doctor Dr Ameya Kagali had stated that Arshad was in secure situation, together with his very important indicators regular and the athlete in good spirits. The Indian medical group had additionally mentioned the therapy plan with Japanese surgeons and defined the character of the damage and the restoration course of to him.
Arshad’s health to journey again to India will likely be assessed by his treating medical group. (ANI)