New Delhi, Sept 23: Middle distance runner and Busan Asian Games gold medallist K M Beenamol today said she was recovering well from the toe injury and was hopeful of participating in the Afro-Asian Games to be held in Hyderabad from October 24. "I have started light training and will see how things shape up by the end of the month. I am hopeful that I will be fit to participate in the Afro-Asian Games," Beenamol told reporters here.

Beenamol, who won two gold and one silver medal in the last Asian Games, was in the national capital to attend the Samsung Olympic Ratna function under which she along with other four athletes will receive a sponsorship for their training till the Athens Olympics. The Kerala Girl, who was conferred the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award last month, sustained a hairline fracture to her left toe during a camp in Patiala in July forcing her to skip the ongoing Asian Athletics Championship in Manila, Phillipines.

Bureau Report