Aichi-Nagoya, Oct. 23 -- Indian para-cyclist Arshad Shaikh has been diagnosed with a displaced fracture of the left femur and is scheduled to undergo surgery on Friday, with Team India chief physician Dr Ameya Kagali stating that the athlete is in stable condition following his crash at the Asian Para Games.

Arshad, who represented India at the 2024 Paris Paralympics and is the country's lone para-cyclist at the ongoing Games in Japan, fell during the men's time trial on Wednesday, landing on his previously operated left residual limb.

"Arshad had a fall yesterday during an event due to which he landed on his stump that is the left stump and he's been diagnosed with a comminuted displaced subtrochanteric fracture of the left femur and t...