India’s Aruna Tanwar was on Thursday forced to withdraw from the repechage round of the Paralympics women’s taekwondo K44-49kg class because of severe injuries sustained during her opening bout of the Games despite which she fought in the quarterfinals.
Aruna was scheduled to feature in the repechage round later in the evening after she lost to fourth-seeded Espinoza Carranza of Peru in the quarters.
All losing quarterfinalists from the main draw make the repechage where a player has to win three bouts to clinch the Bronze medal.
But it turned out to be an anti-climax for the 12th seeded Indian as a possible hit on her right foot during her opening round 29-9 win over fifth seed Danijela Jovanovic of Serbia drew curtains to her campaign.
The explanation given by the Indian delegation for Aruna’s withdrawal from the repechage round was “probable fracture of left forearm and possible fracture of right foot.”
The withdrawal form also cited “severe pain and dysfunction due to the above injuries” as the reason behind her decision to not contest any further in the competition.
Aruna fought with the injury in the quarterfinals and was no match for her Peruvian opponent as she lost the one-sided bout 84-21.