Vinesh Phogat
Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from participating in the 50kg freestyle wrestling final earlier this week. She was 100 grams overweight and her disqualification shocked many in India’s sports fraternity. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) also released an official statement confirming the incident and it left Indian fans saddened. The Indian athlete appealed against the disqualification and demanded a silver medal. The case is currently with the CAS, where Harish Salve has represented Vinesh and a decision is likely to come before the end of the Olympics.
Took retirement as soon as he was disqualified
After Vinesh was disqualified, Cuban wrestler Yusnelis Guzman reached the final despite losing to her in the semi-finals. She lost 3-0 to USA’s Sarah Hildebrandt for the gold medal and had to settle for a silver medal. Meanwhile, Vinesh Phogat announced her retirement the very next day after being disqualified and said that she had no courage left after losing a medal in the third consecutive Olympics. She wrote in her tweet that wrestling won the match from me, I lost… my courage is broken, now I have no strength. Goodbye wrestling 2001-2024. I will always be indebted to you.
What is the opinion of the fans about Vinesh
Apart from this, gold medalist and six-time world champion, American wrestler Jordan Burroughs also came forward in support of Vinesh and urged United World Wrestling (UWW) to award Vinesh the silver medal, as well as change the weight at least for the final. Meanwhile, we asked India TV readers for their opinion on the Vinesh Phogat case whether Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification was according to the law. More than 11000 people responded to the poll and most of them were of the opinion that Vinesh was disqualified as per United World Wrestling norms. A total of 69% of India TV readers answered our poll ‘yes’, while 20% thought that she should not have been disqualified. At the same time, 11% of the fans thought it right not to answer this question.
Has Vinesh Phogat been disqualified under the rules for Paris Olympics 2024?
Yes – 69% (7930 votes)
No – 20% (2265 votes)
Can’t say – 11% (1180 votes)
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