Wrestling-India's Phogat unsure of returning after Tokyo trauma


FILE PHOTO: Vinesh Phogat of India in action against Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus at the Tokyo Olympics. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Vinesh Phogat is not sure when, if at all, she would return to the wrestling mat as she struggles to cope with the disappointment of her Tokyo Olympics campaign.

Five years after being stretchered off the mat with a twisted knee in Rio, the 26-year-old was the top seed in the women's 53-kg freestyle event in Tokyo.

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