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India's Gold Medal hope Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the Olympics final stint in the Wrestling after she could not fit into the weight category of 50 KG.
“It is with regret that the Indian contingent shares news of the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the Women’s Wrestling 50kg class,” the IOA said in a statement. “Despite the best efforts by the team through the night, she weighed in a few grams over 50kg this morning. No further comments will be made by the contingent at this time. The Indian team requests you respect Vinesh’s privacy. It would like to focus on the competitions on hand.”
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It is with regret that the Indian contingent shares news of the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the Women’s Wrestling 50kg class. Despite the best efforts by the team through the night, she weighed in a few grams over… pic.twitter.com/OJ5Xz0E0rs
According to the reports, Vinesh Phogat will not be eligible even for a silver medal and the 50 kg will have just gold and bronze medal winners. The sources inside said that the player is exceeding roughly 100 grams of her weight which might have led to her disqualification.
Earlier, Vinesh got qualified for the weight for Tuesday’s bouts but as per rule, wrestlers have to stay within their weight category on both days of the competition. Sources said the Indian delegation pleaded for some more time to give her a chance to shed the last 100 grams, but to no avail.
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This isn’t the first time Phogat has found it tough to make the weight in the 50 kg category, a lower one compared to the 53 kg where she usually competes. She faced a similar ordeal even during the Olympic qualifiers, where she narrowly made the cut.
On Tuesday, Phogat registered her name in the history books becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the final of the Olympics. She was scheduled to meet Sarah Hildebrandt in the final, a wrestler against whom Phogat has a better head to head record. But the American will now be awarded the gold medal while Phogat will return empty-handed.