India's Silver Hope: Vinesh Phogat's Unwavering Aspirations for Olympic Podium

Vinesh Phogat, who is disqualified from the finals in women’s wrestling on Tuesday. She is disqualified from the Paris Olympics due to being overweight in the 50kg gold medal match. According to reports, her weight is 100 grams more than the allowed limit is the reason for her disqualification.

On Tuesday, she is disqualified for gold and bronze medals in the 50 kg category. It was a heartbreaking incident for Indians. Indians are fixed that she wins a medal, unexpectedly this happens. She doesn’t get any medals in this final. She also declared her retirement from the Olympics.

According to the latest news today, she can still win a silver medal in wrestling at the Paris Olympics 2024.

She appealed against her disqualification from the Paris Olympics 2024 on two counts to CAS (Court of Arbitration for sports). The first was to weigh her again, the court rejected this and said the decision had done and the gold medal played as scheduled.

And the second one is to award her a silver medal because she had earned it with a weigh-in on Tuesday. She qualified in the semifinals and she lost in finals.  CAS said we would discuss it.

CAS accepted her appeal and if the CAS requests the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to overturn their ruling, the top wrestler could potentially secure a silver medal.

On Thursday morning, she said “goodbye Wrestling. I have no strength to continue anymore.” Also, she talked about her Retirement.