After the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed Vinesh Phogat’s attraction for the silver medal within the ladies’s 50kg occasion on the Paris Olympics, the Indian wrestler’s uncle Mahavir Phogat mentioned that we’ll welcome her like a Gold Medalist when she returns to India on August 17. On Wednesday, CAS launched an announcement to substantiate that, “The applying area by Vinesh Phogat on August 7 has been dismissed.” Talking to ANI, Mahavir mentioned that there is not any scope of something after the decision of the CAS got here out. He added that everybody will deal with Vinesh like a gold medalist when she returns to India on August 17.
“We had been hopeful that the decision might be in our favour however there isn’t any scope for something after the decision given by the CAS. When Vinesh returns on the seventeenth, we are going to welcome her like a Gold Medalist. We’ll attempt to persuade her to organize for the 2028 Olympics. We will even put together Sangeeta Phogat and Ritu Phogat for the 2028 Olympics,” Mahavir mentioned.
Based on the Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA), the decision was initially scheduled for Tuesday, August 13 at 9:30 pm IST, however was delayed to August 16. Nevertheless, the choice was introduced on Wednesday.
Vinesh was set to face Sarah Ann Hildebrandt of the US for the gold medal on August 7. She was disqualified earlier than the ladies’s 50kg closing after exceeding the 50kg weight restrict earlier than the ultimate on August 7. Throughout the weigh-in, she was discovered to be 100 grams over the restrict.
Following her disqualification, Vinesh appealed to award her the silver medal within the 50kg weight class.
On August 8, Vinesh penned an emotional to announce her choice to retire from wrestling. “Maa kushti (wrestling) gained towards me, I misplaced. Forgive me, your dream and my braveness have been damaged. I haven’t got any extra power now. Goodbye Wrestling 2001-2024. I’ll all the time be indebted to you all for forgiveness,” Phogat mentioned in her publish.
Hildebrandt secured the gold medal within the ladies’s 50kg freestyle wrestling after defeating Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez.
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