Recently, the all eye of the world at the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, the well-known athlete Vinesh Phogat is becoming a discussion topic and drawing massive attention. Vinesh Phogat is an Indian retired professional freestyle wrestler. She won medals in multiple Commonwealth Games in 2014, 2018, and 2022. She became the first Indian woman who win a gold medal at the Commonwealth and Asian Games after she won the gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games. She has also won two bronze medals at the World Wrestling Championship. She is a brilliant star of our country and made our country proud several times. But recently heartbroken news has come forward that Vinesh Phogat is retiring! If you want to know the complete information regarding the same go through the page and read the full article. Let’s discuss this in detail.
Vinesh Phogat announces retirement
On Thursday Vinesh Phogat announces retirement after her disqualification from the Paris Olympics. She was very disappointed and heartbroken at this moment she shared an emotional message on social media stating (Mom, Wrestling has defeated me, I have lost. I lost…my courage is all broken, I don’t have any more strength now),” Vinesh wrote on her social media account.‘Alvida, kushti (Goodbye wrestling 2001 – 2024). The statement took worldwide attention and left her fans and the Indian nation heartbroken. Not only Vinesh Phogat but the nation is also in deep shock after her sudden tweet. She is the daughter of an Indian who brought multiple medals.
This message shows how heartbroken she is. All of this happened during the ongoing Paris Olympics in which she was Disqualified after being 100-gram overweight during the weigh-in at the finals.
First Indian Female Wrestler To Reach An Olympic Final
- Vinesh Phogat was going to make history by becoming the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in her category on Tuesday unfortunately it didn’t work out but she was assured of a silver medal at least before disqualification.
- In the final match Vinesh Phogat was against Sarah Ann Hildebrandt of the United States to being 100gm overweight during the morning weigh-in was the most devastating setback of the day.
- In her, thorough wrestling journey it was the first time 29-year-old Vines Phogat felt shattered by the shocking turn during the weigh-in. She was replaced in the final by Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez, whom Vinesh had defeated in the semifinals. But Lopez ultimately lost to Hildebrandt in the championship match.
- Talking about the international rules and regulations of the Olympics, if any wrestler is found to be overweight during weigh-in he/she should be placed at the bottom of the final standings automatically. Regardless, they were top-notch or not in the tournament.
PT Usha Shows Her Disappointment
Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha shows her disappointment by saying she was shocked and stunned by Vinesh’s disqualification. PT Usha said “ After hearing the news that Vinesh Phogat is disqualified, I am shocked and disappointed. I had come here to meet Vinesh; she is physically and medically okay. Mentally, she is disappointed. Our support staff is with her, trying their best to help her reduce weight,”
Dinesh Pardiwala, chief medical officer of the Indian Olympic contingent shares information that Vinesh Phogat was 2.7 kg overweight for the semi-finals. He stated that they made efforts to reduce weight by going on a strict diet and reducing water and food intake. More information has been mentioned in the next section.
On Wednesday Vinesh Phogat also appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against her disqualification, asking for the silver medal. CAS will give its verdict tomorrow morning, “Vinesh Phogat was a champion and gold medalist; she was a three-time Olympian in both the Asian and Commonwealth games”. Vinesh, a consistent competitor in the 53kg weight class, had to make the difficult transition to 50kg just a few months before the Games, as Antim Panghal had already secured the Paris quota spot in that category it was very hard for her to reduce her weight she worked hard for finals.
‘Vinesh Phogat to be felicitated like a medallist’
After seeing Vinesh Phogat’s efforts and journey The Chief Minister of Haryana, Nayab Singh Saini, announced on Thursday that the state government will honor wrestler Vinesh in the same manner as they would an Olympic medalist. To show a token of gratitude and respect towards Vinesh and also to cheer her up. Though she doesn’t win the gold medal, Vinesh Phogat is going to be rewarded as equivalent to that of an Olympic silver medalist.
Also in a recent post Nayab Singh Saini, said; “Our brave daughter of Haryana, Vinesh Phogat, performed brilliantly and entered the final of the Olympics. She might not have been able to compete in the final due to some reason but she is a champion for all of us.”Our government has decided that Vinesh Phogat will be welcomed and felicitated like a medallist. All the respect, reward, and facilities that the Haryana government offers an Olympic silver medallist will be offered to Vinesh Phogat as well,”
(“Our brave daughter Vinesh Phogat from Haryana performed brilliantly and reached the finals of the Olympics. She may not have been able to compete in the finals due to some reason, but she is a champion for all of us.“Our government has decided that Vinesh Phogat will be welcomed and felicitated like a medal winner. The respect, rewards, and facilities that the Haryana government gives to an Olympic silver medalist will also be given to Vinesh Phogat.”)
Haryana government announces prize money
As per the rules of sports policy of the Haryana government, the Olympic gold medalist is awarded Rs 6 crore silver medalist Rs 4 crore and the bronze medalist will receive 2.5 crore. However, her fans and followers are not happy with her sudden retirement from wrestling. Though Vinesh Phogat announced her retirement, we hope that she changes her mind and reconsiders her decision. If we get any other information regarding the same we will update you on the same site. Stay tuned for more updates.
