File picture of Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat© ANI
Olympic bronze-winning grappler Sakshi Malik on Tuesday supported Vinesh Phogat in her tussle with the Wrestling Federation of India over getting back from retirement, saying that makes an attempt are being made to dam her at a time when international locations world over are enjoyable norms to assist new moms resume their careers. A defiant Vinesh confirmed up on the Nationwide Open Rating Event in Gonda despite the fact that WFI had declared her ineligible. Whereas issuing a prolonged showcause discover to her, the WFI mentioned she couldn’t be allowed to compete as a result of necessary six-month discover interval that athletes have to serve earlier than getting back from retirement below anti-doping guidelines Vinesh, who’s the mom of a 10-month outdated son, has responded to the discover and refused to again down regardless of WFI’s strict place.
Sakshi was an in depth ally of Vinesh in the course of the highly-publicised protest in opposition to alleged sexual harassment by WFI’s then President Brij Bhushan Singh Sharan however broke ranks after Vinesh joined the Congress get together.
“I’ve been requested my views and I used to be considering for the final two-three days as Vinesh is an MLA from a political get together and I’ve nothing to do with any political outfit. (However) I can provide you loads of examples of nations enjoyable norms for his or her athletes, so that ladies can proceed to play and win medals for the nation even after changing into moms,” she mentioned in a video clip on her social media web page.
“However our federation has give you guidelines to cease Vinesh from making a comeback. I might request the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi), the Sports activities Minister (Mansukh Mandavia) and the WFI to take Vinesh’s trial in order that she will be able to additionally win medals for the nation and be an instance for ladies by profitable medals after changing into a mom,” she added.
Vinesh had stop wrestling after being shockingly disqualified from the finals of the 2024 Paris Olympics for being 100gm over the prescribed weight restrict. The shattered Haryana grappler finally joined politics and was elected from the Julana constituency the identical yr.
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