Vinesh Phogat – You are our real gold

100 grams cost a nation’s happiness..!

The country’s dreams for the first gold medal at this Olympics were dashed under the weight of 100 grams.

In a sad occurrence for India at the Olympics, wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the 50kg freestyle wrestling for being a few grams overweight, despite having qualified for the gold medal battle.

Vinesh Phogat has defeated World No.1 and Tokyo 2020 champion Yui Susaki of Japan to advance to the quarterfinals.

Later in the quarterfinals, Vinesh defeated Ukraine’s Oksana Livach 7-5 to go to the semi-finals. In the penultimate bout, she defeated Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez to win a medal and become the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the final in the Olympics.

The night before, it was discovered that Vinesh’s weight was higher by 1.7 Kg than normal. Following that, the Indian group made significant efforts to control this; Vinesh had an early morning sauna bath, jogged on the treadmill, but did not lose weight.

IOA president P.T. Usha was notified, and the chief medical officer of IOA performed certain exercises. At 7 a.m., she weighed herself again; she had lost 1 kg 600 grams, but was still 100 grams overweight; time was requested for weight reduction, but it was not allowed.

After this, Vinesh’s hair was cut, blood was drawn, she was made to vomit, so that her weight could be reduced, but even after 15 minutes the weight did not reduce, then Dr. Pardiwala stated that if she worked too hard, her health would deteriorate, and Vinesh was pronounced unfit.

According to ANI sources, PM Narendra Modi called with P.T. Usha and asked firsthand information from her on the problem and India’s alternatives following Vinesh’s defeat.

Modi has ordered her to look at all possible solutions to Vinesh’s predicament. He further advised PT Usha to make a vigorous protest against her disqualification if it will benefit Vinesh.

The hearing on Vinesh Phogat’s appeal against her disqualification from the Olympic final of her event has completed at the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) in Paris. CAS stated earlier in the day that the judgment would be made by the end of the Olympic Games.

In a statement, the Indian Olympic Association stated it “remained hopeful of a positive resolution” to Vinesh’s case.