IOA chief PT Usha slammed former wrestler Vinesh Phogat for blaming the affiliation for her disqualification from the Paris Olympics, saying, “the wrestler’s group is accountable, not the IOA”. Vinesh, who joined politics quickly after her retirement following her Olympics disqualification, received her debut political bout, getting elected from Julana seat within the Haryana Meeting elections on Tuesday. She secured a complete of 65,080 votes to defeat her BJP rival, skilled pilot Yogesh Bairagi. Following the information of Vinesh’s victory, Usha revealed her ideas on the wrestler’s criticism of IOA for his or her position in her disqualification on the Paris Olympics.
“She was a sportsperson. She ought to carry the qualities of a sportsman, I’m not making an attempt to say politicians are unhealthy however she went to the Paris Olympics for sports activities and all of us wished medals from her. After assembly her, we went to the World Wrestling Federation president to protest. They stated, ‘guidelines are guidelines’ and after that, every part went into chaos.
“For Vinesh Phogat we had despatched her all of the folks she had requested, 4 or 5 folks accompanied her. For us, it is new, solely 100 gms, however for them it’s not new. This had occurred earlier as properly so she ought to know what to do, and learn how to sort out it. Her group is aware of every part however it nonetheless occurred so it’s not our or our sport science physician’s fault, it’s her and her group’s fault however nonetheless, she criticises us,” PT Usha informed IANS.
Vinesh was disqualified from the 50kg class ladies’s freestyle remaining for being 100 gm obese within the second weigh-in on the morning of the summit conflict. Nevertheless, she challenged the decision within the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) however nothing turned out in her favour.
In the meantime, she introduced her retirement from the game after being disqualified for the ultimate, ending her hopes of changing into the primary girl Indian wrestler to win silver or gold within the Olympics.
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