Vinesh Phogat, Neeraj Chopra and Manu Bhaker.
According to the sports policy, prize money has been released by the government to the players who made Haryana famous at the world level by their brilliant performance in the Paris Olympics. In the Olympics, the silver medal winner was given Rs 4 crore and the bronze medal winner was given Rs 2.5 crore.
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Apart from this, all the players participating in the Olympics have received Rs 15 lakh each. The players have confirmed receipt of this amount.
A program regarding the distribution of this amount by the government was to be held in Rohtak on August 17, but it was canceled due to the code of conduct.
Deputy Director of the department Rajendra Gupta said that the amount has been sent to the accounts of the players. 8 players have become millionaires and the rest have become millionaires.
25 players from Haryana took part in the Olympics
25 players from Haryana had participated in the Olympics. Out of which 4 players succeeded in winning medals in individual and 3 team event hockey. Neeraj Chopra won the silver medal and Manu Bhaker won two bronze medals. Whereas, Sarabjot Singh won a bronze medal. Along with this, Aman Sehrawat succeeded in winning a bronze medal in his very first Olympics.
The government also considered the performance of Vinesh Phogat, who reached the final in 50 kg women’s wrestling, as a medal winning performance and gave her four crore rupees. Vinesh was disqualified after the semi-finals due to being overweight.
Sumit said – will build a house for the family
Hockey player Sumit Kumar told that with a part of this amount he will fulfill the basic needs of sports in the village. Will get a house prepared for his family in Paswanarth.
At the same time, shooting player Sarabjot is planning to buy a new car with modern equipment to improve his shooting skills. Sarabjot is refusing to take the government job of Deputy Director in the Sports Department given by the state government. Have done.
The list of those who gave reward money to Vinesh went viral, husband told the truth
The list of those who welcomed Vinesh Phogat from Delhi Airport to her village Balali is now going viral on social media along with the reward money. It is being claimed that Vinesh has received rewards worth crores of rupees from various institutions.
Among these, people associated with some renowned organizations are also busy in spreading publicity regarding their reward money. But, Vinesh’s husband Somveer Rathi has rubbished these claims. He has said that he has not received any reward. This is a means of gaining cheap popularity.
This post is going viral on social media.
125 km road show started
Let us tell you that Vinesh Phogat, who returned home after playing in Paris Olympics, got a grand welcome on Saturday. A road show of about 125 kilometers was taken out from Delhi Airport to his native village Balali. Meanwhile, he was welcomed at more than 100 places.
Everywhere in the program, people gave garlands of currency notes, medals, mace and other gifts to Vinesh as awards. Even after reaching Balali, hundreds of people presented something or the other to Vinesh. Vinesh has thanked everyone for this.
Vinesh got a warm welcome upon her return to the country.
The list went viral on social media
After this, a list went viral on social media on Sunday, in which it was claimed that Vinesh would be given a huge reward amount of crores of rupees. Many verified account holders on X have also shared this.
By evening, as there were no reactions or objections to this list, people were considering it as authentic. Meanwhile, Vinesh Phogat’s husband Somveer Rathi refuted this list.
Somveer replied this
Somveer Rathi wrote on X, ‘Vinesh Phogat has not received any money from the following institutions, businessmen, companies and parties. You all are our well wishers. Please do not spread false news. This will not only cause harm to us but will also harm social values. This is just a means to get cheap popularity.
When Vinesh Phogat reached her village Balali, the G-Wagon car was filled with garlands of notes. During the road show, people had garlanded him on the way.
The villagers gave rewards ranging from Rs 100 to Rs 21 thousand.
When Vinesh reached Balali village, the villagers united and collected the prize money for Vinesh. Everyone, big or small, contributed generously, which included an amount ranging from Rs 100 from the village watchman to Rs 21,000 from the members of the military brotherhood group.
The donation reportedly arrived late at night. Village Sarpanch Ritika Sangwan could not attend Vinesh’s welcome ceremony and asked her husband to welcome her.
Elderly women blessing Vinesh Phogat on stage.
What has happened so far in Vinesh Phogat case, read sequentially…
1. First Indian female wrestler to reach the Olympic finals
Vinesh Phogat played 3 matches in 50 kg weight category on Tuesday. In the pre-quarterfinals she defeated Tokyo Olympic champion Yui Susaki. She defeated Ukraine’s wrestler in the quarter-finals and Cuba’s wrestler in the semi-finals. Vinesh became the first Indian female wrestler to reach the finals.
After playing 3 matches till the semi-finals, he was fed food for protein and energy, due to which his weight increased to 52.700 kg.
2. Vinesh’s weight was 2.7 kg more
According to Indian Olympic team doctor Dinshaw Pardiwala, the team had only 12 hours to bring Vinesh’s weight back to 50KG. Vinesh did not sleep the whole night and kept doing exercises like jogging, skipping and cycling to bring her weight in the prescribed category. Vinesh had even cut her hair and nails. His clothes were also made smaller.
3. Only 15 minutes were given to lose weight, it was 100 grams more
Vinesh’s weight was checked again on Wednesday morning. After this, only 15 minutes were given as per rules, but Vinesh’s weight could not be reduced to 50KG in such a short time. When the weight was finally weighed, Vinesh’s weight was found to be 100 grams more than the prescribed limit. Vinesh’s health deteriorated after the Olympic Committee’s decision. He was admitted to the hospital.
4. Also appealed against the disqualification
Vinesh filed an appeal against her disqualification on Wednesday night before announcing her retirement. They demanded from the Court of Arbitration for Sports that they should be jointly awarded the silver medal. Vinesh had also demanded to play the final first. Then they changed their appeal and now jointly demanded to be given silver.
5. Vinesh took retirement, posted on social mediaVinesh announced her retirement from wrestling on Thursday morning. He announced this on social media (X) at 5.17 am on Thursday. Vinesh wrote in a 5-line post – “Mother, wrestling won from me, I lost. Sorry your dream, my courage is all broken. I don’t have more strength than this now. Goodbye wrestling 2001-2024, I will always be indebted to you all. . …Forgiveness.”
6. Appeal rejected on 14 August
On August 14, the Court of Arbitration for Sports had rejected Vinesh Phogat’s petition. Vinesh Phogat had filed a petition demanding a silver medal.
