United World Wrestling President Nenad Lalovic has given his stand on the matter of Vinesh Phogat being disqualified. He believes that whatever happened to Vinesh was done as per the rules and the organization is against changing its rules. United World Wrestling President Nenad Lalovic has given an important information regarding Vinesh’s weight controversy. Vinesh was disqualified for being 100 grams overweight before the Paris Olympics women’s 50 kg freestyle wrestling final, against which Vinesh Phogat on Wednesday appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and demanded that she be given a joint silver medal. . The hearing of this case has been completed and now everyone is waiting for the decision of the Sports Arbitration, which will now be announced on 13th August.
Lalovic, in a special conversation with NDTV, has expressed his condolences on this entire incident. The UWW chief believes that there is little scope for change in the results as the wrestling body was only following the laid down rules.
World Wrestling President Nenad Lalovic said, “We are sorry for what happened. But it doesn’t matter how big your country is, athletes are athletes. The weighing was public, everyone saw what happened. How can we allow someone to compete when we have all seen what happened. We have no other option but to follow our rules.”
Ruling out the possibility of major changes in the rules, he said, “We have made this rule to take care of the health of the athletes. It is mandatory for the athletes to follow the weight rules to compete. We are not making any changes in the rules.” However, the rules may be relaxed a bit and we are advised and helped by them. They are absolutely against any change.
The Ad Hoc Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will take some more time to consider the appeal of Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who was disqualified before the Olympic women’s 50 kg freestyle wrestling final.
What are the rules for measuring weight in wrestling during the Olympic Games?
Competition at the Olympic Games is held over two days and competing wrestlers undergo weight checks on both days. On the first day of competition, wrestlers must wear their ‘singlet’ (wrestling apparel) and have their weight measured several times over a 30-minute period, as well as being medically examined, free from any infectious diseases, and must have their nails clipped. Needed
Those who qualify for the gold medal, bronze medal play-offs and repechage events have to come back for weighing again on the second day. But on the morning of the competition on the second day, there is only 15 minutes to weigh in. It was here that Vinesh’s weight was found to be 50.1 kg. Vinesh’s medal hopes were dashed after the 15-minute period ended.
