Vinesh Phogat had a dream Olympics so far. But a huge turnaround ahead of the final match. As the wrestler will not be able to compete for the gold medal match in the Women’s Freestyle 50kg event. The wrestler will be disqualified from the Paris Olympics after she could not make the weight this morning. She was found 100gm overweight this morning. The regulations do not allow this, so she has been disqualified.
It has been a huge heartbreak for the entire nation and the wrestler as well. She made the weight for Tuesday’s fights, but wrestlers must stay within their weight class on both days of competition. According to accounts, the wrestler, who defied all odds to make the final, was about 2 kilograms overweight on Tuesday night. She didn’t sleep all night and did all she could to match the standards, including jogging, skipping, and cycling.
Despite stunning World No.1 Yui Susaki in the first round before advancing to the quarter-finals and semi-finals to become the first Indian woman to reach an Olympic wrestling final. The whole nation was proud of her success story and the way she has come through after fighting over a controversy last time around against Brij Bhushan Singh.
Vinesh Phogat disqualified due to conspiracy
Is it a conspiracy or she has been robbed? The question arises, of how come the wrestler who was perfectly weighed in her last three bouts suddenly gained 2kg right ahead of the final in just a single day time. There has been some kind of conspiracy that might have taken place just 24 hours before she played the final.
Something might have gone wrong inside the management. This comes soon after her uncle Mahavir Singh Phogat commented. Vinesh Phogat’s win was a “big slap” on former Wrestling Federation of India chief and former MP Brij Bhushan Singh.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should have given her some extension and Phogat could reduced her weight and made it to the final. PM Narendra Modi has also tweeted ‘Vinesh you are a champion among champions.’
