Babita Kumari recovers from fever, no Zika virus threats

After examining the 26-year-old grappler, the doctors gave her medicines, which helped in bringing the fever down.

“Babita developed fever but now she is fine and has also started training,” WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar told PTI.

Babita, who belongs to the famous Phogat family, is expected to recover completely and attain full fitness before she takes the mat in her maiden Olympic Games on August 18.

Other two women wrestlers in the fray are Babita’s cousin Vinesh Phogat (48kg) and Sakshi Malik (58kg).

Babita was lucky to have acquired a berth at the Rio Games as Mongolia’s Sumiya Erdenechimeg, who had defeated her at the Asian Olympic qualifier, failed a dope test.

That gave the Indian girl a golden chance to board the flight to Rio.