new delhi indias top woman wrestler vinesh phogat on friday said she has tested positive for covid19 but is asymptomaticselected for this years khel ratna award the asian and commonwealth games goldmedallist had been training at her village in sonepat with coach om prakashyes i have tested positive for covid19 when my sample was taken in sonepat before the dress rehearsal for the awards ceremony vinesh told ptii will recover soon god willing i am in isolation at home i have not shown any symptoms till now she added appearing cheerfulthe 26yearold who is the only indian woman wrestler to have qualified for the tokyo olympics will skip saturdays virtual ceremony for the national sports awards distributionshe is one among five athletes chosen for the countrys highest sporting honour this yearvinesh was one of the first wrestlers to raise concerns about health safety when the wrestling federation of india wfi planned to resume the national camp in lucknow from september 1with her personal coach woller akos communicating the training plans every week she had been trying to implement them by training with om prakash a very senior and trusted coachshe had asked for exemption from the camp and after that divya kakran and rio olympic bronze medallist sakshi malik had also expressed apprehensionseventually the sports authority of india sai and the wfi decided to postpone the camp againthe mens camp is scheduled to start at sai centre in sonepat from september 1countrys top wrestlers in six olympic weight categories including bajrang punia are participating in the campbajrang was bullish about the mens camp saying it should not be cancelled now despite vinesh testing positive for the virusthe world championship medallist said some risks are ought to be taken provided india wants to prepare well for the tokyo olympicsmany major wrestling nations have begun the camps be it russia usa or georgia we have to do something and take some risk the world championship in december is not important but the olympics is bajrang told ptiso many are yet to qualify for olympics camp is important for us we have been told that 48 staffers at sai centre have tested and they all have returned negative testwe all will be tested and put in quarantine till test reports come we will have to follow the rules outside its more risky and inside the sports complex it is safer the government and wfi is doing it camp for us we just have to be disciplined he saidbajrang wished vinesh wellanyone can get infected i pray for vinesh that she recovers quickly she is a big hope for us at the olympics i also congratulate her for the khel ratna she deserves it she can receive it later now that she cant attend the ceremony the world top wrestler in 65kg said