Indian MMA Fighter Varun Sanayal Out of Asian Games Due to Medical Unfitness

Japan. Indian Mixed Martial Arts fighter Varun Sanayal has been out of the Asian Games. Doctors declared him 'medically unfit' before playing the quarter-final of the 77 kg weight group, after which he was out of the competition. Varun's health suddenly deteriorated while taking a sauna bath during weight loss for the game and he fainted. At that time, a Nepali player saw him and immediately informed the medical team. The medical team took him to the hospital for immediate treatment, Dainik Bhaskar has written. However, who the Nepali player was has not been disclosed in the news. After the health check-up, doctors declared him unfit for competition. For that reason, Varun could not play the quarter-final match against Bahrain's Mukhammad Nabiyev. He had directly entered the quarter-finals due to getting a bye. 27-year-old Varun had traveled from London to Japan via Mumbai and Singapore. However, after reaching Nagoya, he had to face great hardship. Due to technical problems related to accreditation, he had to wait for more than 10 hours to get a room in the Games Village. Even after getting the room, he was not free from problems. It is mentioned in the news that there was a dispute as two other Indian players also claimed the room given to him. Because of this, he got very little time to rest. Varun Sanayal is the son of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic advisor Sanjeev Sanayal. As soon as they received information about the incident, MMA India President Nikhil Kunder and Indian officials went to meet him.