Vinesh Phogat Announces Retirement After Olympics Disqualification: “Goodbye Wrestling”

Vinesh Phogat Announces Retirement After Olympics Disqualification: “Goodbye Wrestling”

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Thursday declared her retirement in the wake of being precluded from the Olympics, sharing a profound message on X. She communicated her tragedy, saying, “Maa kushti jeet gayi, principal haar gayi” (Wrestling has crushed me, I have lost). Phogat was excluded from the 50 Kg free-form last at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Wednesday. The 29-year-old grappler gauged a piece over as far as possible during the say something regarding the day of the last and was given an excluded outcome.

Vinesh apologized to her fans, saying her fortitude has disintegrated, and she can never again proceed. Her goodbye denoted the finish of a famous lifetime spreading over from 2001 to 2024. Vinesh additionally offered her thanks, saying she’ll be for the rest of time obligated to her allies. “Alvida, kushti,” she finished up, finishing a period in Indian wrestling.

In the interim, Phogat has documented an allure against her Olympic preclusion with the Court of Assertion for Game (CAS). She has mentioned that she be granted the silver award. CAS has recognized the allure and is supposed to convey its last decision by Thursday at 11:30 AM IST. The CAS is a global body set up in Switzerland to determine debates that could emerge in the realm of sports.

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Phogat prearranged history on Tuesday as she turned into the primary Indian lady to arrive at the last of a wrestling occasion at the Olympics. Her prevailing 5-0 success over Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez gotten her spot in the final.However, as destiny would have it, Phogat neglected to make weight on Wednesday, the second day of the occasion, during the weigh-in and was excluded for coming up short by a simple 100 grams.