India’s Gold Coast Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning wrestler Rahul Aware missed the flight to Jakarta for the Asian Games due to a right shoulder and left knee injury. Aware, who clinched the yellow metal in the men’s 57kg freestyle wrestling Down Under this year, is still yet to come to terms with his absence at the quadrennial event.

“When the Asian Games began, I did not want any updates about who won or lost. I have also not read any newspaper. I watched a few games on television, but I did not enjoy it that much. I congratulate all the medal winners, but I am really sad that I missed this Asian Games,” Aware told mid-day on the sidelines of an event to announce the Kusti Champions League (KCL) at a city hotel yesterday.