Although Vinesh Phogat nonetheless stands an opportunity at being awarded a silver medal for her efficiency on the Paris Olympic Video games, India’s official medal depend from wrestling reads only one bronze medal in the mean time. Aman Sehrawat, competing in his maiden Olympic Video games, bagged a bronze medal from the occasion, although the overall notion of Indian wrestlers’ efficiency within the Paris Video games is extraordinary. The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief feels the extraordinary present is just due to the protests that wrestlers had been concerned in.
High Indian wrestlers like Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, and Sakshi Malik protested for a couple of yr over the allegations made towards former wrestling physique chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
“In case you take a look at it from the opposite angle, the protests that occurred for 14-15 months disturbed your complete wrestling fraternity. Not to mention one class, the wrestlers in different classes struggled as they might not follow with out nationwide and worldwide tournaments. Therefore, the wrestlers couldn’t carry out nicely,” Sanjay Singh informed India Immediately.
Aside from Vinesh and Aman, who each impressed in Paris, different wrestlers like Anshu Malik (57kg), Reetika Hooda (76kg), Nisha Dahiya (68kg) and Antim Panghal (53kg) failed to go away an impression.
So far as the decision of Vinesh’s silver medal plea on the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) goes, a choice is predicted by August 16.
CAS has established an advert hoc division in Paris, led by President Michael Lenard from the US, to deal with Olympic circumstances. This division operates throughout the Paris judicial court docket within the seventeenth arrondissement.
Vinesh Phogat was disqualified on the morning of the Paris Olympics last for exceeding the 50kg weight restrict. Through the weigh-in, she was discovered to be 100 grams over the restrict.
Following her disqualification, Phogat had on August 7 requested CAS to award her the silver medal.
CAS had beforehand prolonged the deadline to August 13. Vinesh had reached the gold medal match by defeating Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez 5-0 within the semi-finals.
The 29-year-old was set to face Sarah Ann Hildebrandt of the USA for the gold however was disqualified for the burden restrict breach. A day after her disqualification, Vinesh additionally introduced her choice to retire from wrestling.
With ANI Inputs
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