India’s hopes in Paris Olympics 2024 have suffered a major setback. Vinesh Phogat has been declared disqualified in Paris Olympics. After this Vinesh Phogat has taken a big decision. She has announced her retirement from wrestling. She has given this information on social media platform. Now Phogat has said goodbye to wrestling forever. She said that the country’s dream and her courage have been broken. She does not have much strength left now. Phogat was very upset since she was disqualified from Paris Olympics.
Vinesh Phogat wrote on the social media platform X, “Maa, wrestling won over me, I lost. I am sorry, your dreams, my courage, everything is broken. I don’t have any more strength than this. Goodbye wrestling 2001-2024. I will always be indebted to you all. Sorry.””
Vinesh was disqualified from the Olympics after she failed to complete the weigh-in on Wednesday morning, a few hours before the gold medal match. The Indian female wrestler was 100 grams overweight. Vinesh Phogat won the semi-final match against her competitor by a margin of 5-0. She was the first Indian female wrestler to qualify for the Olympic final. Vinesh was scheduled to play the final match for the gold medal against
American wrestler Sarah Ann Hildebrandt at around 10 pm on Wednesday night. According to the rules, Vinesh will not be eligible for the silver medal either. After this, only gold and bronze medals will be given in the 50 kg category. According to the Olympic rules, now Cuba’s Guzman Lopez, who lost to Vinesh in the semi-finals, will play the final.
Vinesh made her debut in the Rio Olympics
A World Championship bronze medallist and Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and Asian Championships gold medallist, Vinesh is one of the most successful Indian wrestlers in history. Vinesh made her Olympic debut in the women’s 48kg freestyle category at Rio 2016 but had to withdraw from the quarterfinal bout due to a serious knee injury.
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