Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the Paris Olympics 2024 after she could not make the weight on the day of her 50 kg gold-medal bout. The Indian Olympic Association confirmed the development in a statement shared on Wednesday, August 7. The wrestler was roughly about 100 grams over the permissible weight limit.
Vinesh Phogat will not be eligible for a silver medal and the 50 kg division will just have gold and bronze medal winners in this tournament. The Indian Olympic Association (IOC) stated, “It is with regret that the Indian contingent shares news of the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the Women’s Wrestling 50kg class. Despite the best efforts by the team through the night, she weighed in a few grams over 50kg this morning.
” Sports can be very brutal at times. Very very brutal. #VineshPhogat — CA Sambhav Daga (@sambhavdaga) August 7, 2024 Vinesh Phogat 💔🥇 🥺 Keep your head up, champ.
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Fu***ng Lafoot politics 😡 #VineshPhogat #Paris2024 #OlympicGames #VineshPhogat pic.twitter.com/brllwKVLpN — SIDDU (@dream_boy_siddu) August 7, 2024 They added, “No further comments will be made by the contingent at this time.
The Indian team requests you respect Vinesh’s privacy. It would like to focus on the competitions on hand.” Vinesh Phogat was one of the Indian wrestlers to stage a sit-in during the infamous 2023 Indian Wrestlers’ protest, accusing the Wrestling Federation of India president, Bri.