Vinesh Phogat faints throughout the felicitation ceremony© X (Twitter)
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat had a heartbreaking finish to her Paris Olympics 2024 marketing campaign as she was disqualified from girls’s 50kg freestyle wrestling closing for being 100gms obese. Later, the 29-year-old wrestler even made an enchantment to the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sports activities (CAS) to be thought-about for a joint-silver medal. Nonetheless, her enchantment was additionally rejected and he or she needed to returned house with none medal. However on a lighter word, Vinesh acquired a grand welcome from her household and followers after she returned to her house city in Haryana.
Upon her arrival at her village Balali, Haryana, Vinesh was felicitated with a gold medal by her supporters and members of the ‘khap’ panchayats. Nonetheless, a really stunning information has now come to mild that throughout the felicitation ceremony, the famend wrestler reportedly fell sick and fainted.
After a protracted flight from Paris, Vinesh additionally took half within the street present and the felicitation ceremony. So, this lengthy journey and the hectic schedule could be root reason behind Vinesh’s poor situation.
PARIS TO BALALI
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— nnis Sports activities (@nnis_sports) August 17, 2024
Earlier, overwhelmed by the grand reception she acquired on her arrival from the Paris Olympics, Vinesh stated it might be a matter of nice delight for her if she might practice girls wrestlers from her village Balali and so they develop into extra profitable than her.
Her disqualification had created a furore in India and the wrestling world.
The 2-time World Championships medallist wished that somebody from Balali would higher her wrestling achievements.
“It will be disappointing if no wrestler emerged from this village. We now have paved the way in which, given hope with our achievements. I request you all to help the ladies on this village. They want your help, hope and belief if they’ve to interchange us in future,” Vinesh stated.
“They’ll obtain quite a bit. All they want is your help. I’ll at all times be indebted to this nation, this village for giving me a lot love and respect.
(With PTI Inputs)
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