Vinesh Phogat announces retirement after Paris Olympics disqualification
Explained: Vinesh Phogat's disqualification from women's 50kg freestyle wrestling final at Paris Olympics 2024
India wrestler Vinesh Phogat announced early Thursday (Aug 8) that she is retiring from the sport.
In an extremely sad post, Vinesh apologised to her mother, saying that "Mother, wrestling won and I lost to it, please forgive me. Your dreams, my strength, everything is shattered, I don't have any more strength left in me."
Read her original post in Hindi below.
माँ कुश्ती मेरे से जीत गई मैं हार गई माफ़ करना आपका सपना मेरी हिम्मत सब टूट चुके इससे ज़्यादा ताक़त नहीं रही अब।
अलविदा कुश्ती 2001-2024 🙏
आप सबकी हमेशा ऋणी रहूँगी माफी 🙏🙏 — Vinesh Phogat (@Phogat_Vinesh) August 7, 2024
Earlier, Vinesh had appealed at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) against her disqualification from the 50kg freestyle final bout at the Paris Olympics 2024.
Vinesh was disqualified after being found 100 grams overweight at the official weigh-in on the morning of the final on Wednesday (Aug 7).
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"Vinesh Phogat appeals disqualification at Court of Arbitration for Sport. Vinesh asked to be reinstated for Gold match and then modified plea to ask for a shared silver. CAS has replied to the mail. CAS will give interim ruling tomorrow," reported WION's Digvijay Singh Deo from Paris. The appeal was filed at 5:51 pm Paris time (9:20 PM India time).
CAS, on her appeal to be reinstated in the gold medal match, said that it can't stop the final after which the wrestler asked for the joint silver medal. The CAS will be delivering its decision on the matter on Thursday (Aug 8).
WATCH:Vinesh Phogat retires day after she was disqualified from 50kg final
Indian Olympic contingent's chief physician Dinshaw Pardiwala informed earlier this evening that the support staff did all they could to bring the weight down but unfortunately failed. She was later hospitalised at a local polyclinic as a precaution.
Phogat wasdischarged from the hospital after recuperating from dehydration for trying to lose weight ahead of the final.
(With inputs from agencies)