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This photo of Vinesh is from her first bout. When he defeated the world number-1 wrestler.
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has filed an appeal against her disqualification in the Paris Olympics. They have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sports late on Wednesday night to jointly award them the silver medal. Vinesh had also demanded to play the final first. But they changed their appeal and now jointly demanded to be given silver.
On Wednesday morning, Vinesh’s weight was found to be 100 grams more than her prescribed category of 50kg. After this the Olympic Association disqualified her for freestyle women’s wrestling. The Indian Olympic Association has also confirmed this.
After being out of the Olympics, Vinesh’s health deteriorated and she was admitted to the hospital. When coach Vijay Dahiya came to meet her, Vinesh told him – ‘It was bad luck that we missed the medal, but this is a part of the game.’
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha to find ways to help the wrestler. The PM has also asked Usha to lodge a protest in this matter.
This picture of Vinesh Phogat is viral on social media. It is being said that Vinesh had become very disappointed after being dropped from the Olympics.
Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha meeting Vinesh Phogat admitted in the hospital in Paris.
Doctor said- kept exercising all night to lose weight
Indian Olympic team doctor Dinshaw Paudiwala issued a statement saying that Vinesh and her coach came to know about her excess weight on Tuesday night itself. After this, Vinesh did not sleep the whole night and kept doing exercises like jogging, skipping and cycling to bring her weight in the prescribed category.
Doctor Paudiwala told that Vinesh had even cut her hair and nails. His clothes were also made smaller. Despite this his weight did not decrease. Some media reports said that the Indian team had demanded to give Vinesh some more time, but their demand was not heard.
IOA said – despite efforts throughout the night, the weight remained a few grams more
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said- It is extremely regrettable that Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified in the 50 kg category of women’s wrestling due to being overweight. Despite efforts throughout the night, his weight was found to be a few grams more than 50 kg in the morning. We request you to respect Vinesh’s privacy. The Indian team will not comment further on this. We would like to focus on the upcoming competitions.
This photo of Vinesh has also been taken from social media. It is being said that she kept trying to lose weight through exercise throughout the night.
First Indian female wrestler to reach the Olympic finals
Vinesh on Tuesday became the first Indian female wrestler to reach the final of 50 kg wrestling Olympics by winning 3 matches. She defeated Cuban wrestler Guzman Lopez in the semi-finals, Oksana Livach of Ukraine in the quarterfinals and world champion Yui Susaki of Japan 3-2 in the pre-quarterfinals.
Now in place of Vinesh, the Cuban wrestler who had lost to her will play the final.
Vinesh was to compete with American wrestler Sarah Ann Hilderbrandt for the gold medal at around 10 pm on Wednesday night. According to Olympic rules, now instead of Vinesh, Cuba’s Guzman Lopez, who had lost to her in the semi-finals, will play the final.
Vinesh’s 3 matches in pictures, in which she won on Tuesday
Tuesday’s first match: Defeated world champion Yui Susaki (Japan) 3-2 in the pre-quarterfinals. After this she reached the quarter finals.
Second match of Tuesday: Defeated Ukrainian wrestler Oksana Livach in the quarter finals. Vinesh had reached the semi-finals with this win.
Tuesday’s third match: Defeated Cuba’s Guzman Lopez in the semi-finals. She became the first Indian wrestler to reach the Olympic final.
Lost quarterfinals of Tokyo Olympics, was out of Rio due to injury
This is Vinesh Phogat’s third Olympics. She was out of the 2016 Rio Olympics due to injury. After this, she lost in the quarter-finals in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Vinesh did not lose any of her matches in the Paris Olympics. After reaching the final on Tuesday, a medal was considered certain.
PM wrote on social media – Vinesh, you are the champion of champions.
Earlier, PM Narendra Modi wrote on social media – Vinesh, you are the champion of champions. You are a pride and inspiration for the people of India. Today’s shock hurts. I wish words could express the feeling of despair I am experiencing. I know that you will face challenges boldly, such has been your nature. Come back stronger. We are all with you.
Was involved in the movement against the then president of the wrestling association, Braj Bhushan Singh.
Vinesh is the same wrestler who had launched a movement against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president BJP MP Braj Bhushan Singh. Pictures of Vinesh being dragged on the streets of Delhi for protesting against sexual exploitation of female wrestlers had also gone viral.
There was a lot of uproar regarding the Paris Olympic selection trials. Due to the selection of wrestler Aakhri Panghal, Vinesh had to leave her original weight category of 53 kg and reduced her weight to 50 kg category.
On reaching the final, Mahavir Phogat had said – This is a slap on the face of Brij Bhushan
Before being eliminated from the Olympics, Vinesh’s uncle Dronacharya Awardee Mahavir Phogat had said, ‘Vinesh had become a contender for the gold medal by defeating world champion Yui Susaki in the first fight. This time there is full hope that Vinesh will bring the gold medal. What Vinesh has done is a slap on the face of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Brij Bhushan was working hard to defeat, but Vinesh’s hard work has paid off.
Vinesh banned after Tokyo Olympics, suffered depression: Doctor said – will have to quit wrestling
His fight to reach the Olympics had started long ago. Vinesh was banned after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Then Indian Wrestling Federation President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh had said – We had sent a fake coin. Later the fight between the wrestlers and Brij Bhushan reached the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile Vinesh, unhappy with the ban, went into depression due to the taunts. When I went to a psychologist, he said that if I did not quit wrestling, I could face huge problems. Vinesh did not stop, kept wrestling and made it to the third Olympics. Bhaskar reached reporter Vinesh’s house. Know what challenges this wrestler faced after Tokyo and how he fought with them. Ground report from Vinesh’s house…
