Former Indian wrestler Kripa Shankar has opened up on grappler Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from the Paris Olympics 2024. Vinesh, who was set to compete within the gold medal match on Wednesday, was disqualified for being just a few grams chubby on the morning of her 50kg bout. Vinesh had scripted historical past by turning into the primary Indian girl wrestler to succeed in the gold medal bout within the occasion on Tuesday night time. Nonetheless, her hopes of profitable a gold medal on the Olympics have been shattered following the official verdict.
Vinesh was eligible to compete on Day 1 after she made the burden. Nonetheless, as per the brand new guidelines, a wrestler should meet the burden restrict on each the times.
It has been learnt that Vinesh was a kilogram chubby on Tuesday night time, and even managed to scale back 900 grams in a single day. She did not sleep all the night time and in addition did not eat something. Nonetheless, she could not do sufficient to eliminate the remaining 100 grams of additional weight.
Talking solely with NDTV, Kripa Shankar, a former Commonwealth Video games bronze medallist, has instructed that lowering weight in a single day shouldn’t be simple.
Shankar revealed that Vinesh doesn’t have a earlier expertise of giving her weight twice throughout an occasion. Nonetheless, he blamed the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) for not implementing the apply of taking the weights twice throughout nationwide occasions.
“I do not suppose Vinesh ever had the expertise of going for weigh-ins twice. Even within the nationwide tournaments there isn’t a such standards of taking the weights of the wrestlers twice. I had as soon as requested the Indian wrestling physique to not implement half-finished guidelines, however they suspended me for six years. I really feel that the wrestling physique needs to keep away from further expenditure by organising a one-day match. By doing so, you aren’t giving the wrestlers the correct ecosystem to wrestle. Giving weight is such an essential apply in wrestling. This is perhaps a small factor for a lot of, however this has price us massive time (with Vinesh’s disqualification),” Shankar, who can be a wrestling coach, advised NDTV.
If the wrestler is discovered chubby, they’ve 25 minutes to scale back it by doing biking, operating, sauna.
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