Vinesh Phogat
Today the whole country is standing in support of Vinesh Phogat. Vinesh Phogat was disqualified before the final match of women’s wrestling due to being just 100 grams overweight. After this decision, Vinesh as well as the whole country got a big shock. Vinesh had a great opportunity to win the first gold medal for India in the Olympics 2024, but she could not do so. She also announced her retirement after being disqualified. Now an athlete who won a gold medal in the Paris Olympics has given a big statement in support of Vinesh. She has got the support of Rei Higuchi of Japan. He has requested Phogat to withdraw her decision of retirement.
Wrestler from Japan posted this
Higuchi, who won the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the men’s 57kg freestyle category, posted on social media, extending his support to Phogat. He wrote in his post that I understand your pain better than anyone else. The same 50 grams. Don’t worry about the voices around you. Life goes on. Recovering from failures is the most beautiful thing. Rest well. Let us tell you that Higuchi was also disqualified from the Tokyo Olympics for being found to be 50 grams overweight during the pre-match weighing. But, the Japanese wrestler made a strong comeback in Paris and won the gold medal by defeating his American opponent Spencer Richard Lee 4-2 in the final.
Vinesh’s case is stuck in CAS
Let us tell you, Vinesh tried her best to reduce her weight the whole night before the day of the final match. For this, she even skipped food and cut her hair. Not only this, she spent the whole night exercising so that the weight could be brought down to 50 kg but it could not happen. Despite trying all the tricks, Vinesh’s weight turned out to be 100 grams more. After this the Indian wrestler was declared ineligible. She has now appealed to CAS. The decision on which can come at any time. According to the report, the hearing of Vinesh Phogat’s appeal against the decision of United World Wrestling (UWW) is now complete.
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