New Delhi. After being disqualified before the women’s wrestling final at the Paris Olympics, the first picture of Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has surfaced from the hospital. Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha visited Vinesh Phogat in the hospital and enquired about her health. After being disqualified, Vinesh Phogat’s health deteriorated due to which she has been admitted to the polyclinic in the Olympic Games Village.
#WATCH On Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification, President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) PT Usha says, “Vinesh’s disqualification is very shocking. I met Vinesh at the Olympic village polyclinic a short while ago and assured her complete support of the Indian Olympic… pic.twitter.com/hVgsPUb03y
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After meeting Vinesh, Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha said that Vinesh being disqualified is very shocking. I met Vinesh at the Olympic Village Polyclinic and assured her of the full support of the Indian Olympic Association, the Government of India and the entire country. We are providing all kinds of medical and emotional support to Vinesh. We are making every possible effort from our side in this matter. The Wrestling Federation of India has raised this matter seriously with the World Wrestling Federation and I myself am going to meet the President of the World Wrestling Federation as well.
#WATCH , Paris: Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, Chief Medical Officer of the Indian Contingent speaks on Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification
He says, “…Her post-participation weight at the end of the semi-finals in the evening was found to be 2.7 kg more than the allowed weight. The team… pic.twitter.com/bG3CBNV2bg
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On the other hand, Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala, Chief Medical Officer of the Indian team in Paris, says, Vinesh’s weight was 2.7 kg more than the set weight after participating in the semi-finals yesterday evening. The team and coach adopted the usual methods of weight loss and Vinesh sweated through exercise all night. But unfortunately, we did not have much time. Throughout the night, the whole team kept trying to reduce Vinesh’s weight. Vinesh was given steam and sauna, exercised and we tried everything that was medically possible. After this, we also had to take some drastic steps like cutting Vinesh’s hair. If we had a few more hours, we could have reduced that 100 grams of extra weight, but we did not have time. At present, Vinesh is completely normal physically and medically.
