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Vinesh Phogat disqualified from gold medal bout: Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat was the hope of 140 crore countrymen in Paris Olympics. But, the game was played with this 'Dangal Girl' in one night! Bad news for India from Olympics 2024. Vinesh Phogat, who reached the final of the 50 kg event of women's wrestling, is out of the medal race. Phogat was disqualified before the match was played.
The committee disqualified Vinesh due to being overweight. Earlier, she had made it to the quarter-finals by defeating world champion Japan's Susaki before the quarter-finals. After this, she created history by scoring a hat-trick of wins and qualified for the finals. But now on the morning of August 7, she got a big shock. The shocking news came that she was excluded from the competition due to being overweight.
100 gram weight broke the dream of 140 crore Indians!
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has been ruled out of the race for an Olympic medal due to being just 100 grams overweight, such news has come out. It is hard to believe how weight can be gained overnight. But the committee has given its order. The shocking news has been confirmed by the Indian Olympic Association
Indian Olympic Association confirmed-
The Indian Olympic Association has confirmed this regarding Vinesh Phogat. An official statement was issued by the association saying, 'It is sad that the Indian team is sharing the news of Vinesh Phogat being disqualified from the women's wrestling 50 kg category. Despite the team's best efforts overnight, this morning her weight was found to be a few grams more than 50 kg. The team will not comment further at this time. Team India requests you to respect Vinesh's privacy.
The match was to be held after 12 hours –
Vinesh Phogat's medal match was to be held after 12 hours. After her hat-trick of victories on Tuesday, the medal seemed certain. But 12 hours before the final match, this bad news has been heard for India. Vinesh Phogat is getting a lot of congratulations from all over India. But the hope of gold has been shattered once again.
Who did you have to compete with?
Vinesh Phogat's final match was scheduled to be played against Sarah Hildebrand on Wednesday night at 12.50 pm. She performed well in the first match and defeated Ibtissem Doudou of Algeria. Sarah defeated China's Feng Ziqi 7-4 in the quarter-finals. Now Sarah has won the final without fighting Vinesh.
