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India women's wrestler Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the 50-kilogram Olympic wrestling final after failing to make weight Wednesday, creating a ripple effect on the medal matches and ...
India's Vinesh Phogat celebrates after defeating Cuba's Yusneylys Guzman during their women's freestyle 50kg wrestling semifinal match at Champ-de-Mars Arena during the 2024 Summer Olympics ...
Vinesh Phogat (pronounced [ʋɪˈneːʃ ˈpʰoːɡɑːʈ]; born 25 August 1994) is an Indian politician and former wrestler, who is a current member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Haryana. She won the 2024 assembly election from Julana constituency representing the Indian National Congress.
Vinesh Phogat, the Indian women's wrestler who qualified for the Olympic final at 50 kilograms and then was disqualified for barely missing weight, announced her retirement on social media on ...
In January 2023, thirty Indian wrestlers, including Olympic medalists, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Anshu Malik, Bajrang Punia, among others, staged a sit-in accusing Wrestling Federation of India president, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and its coaches of sexually harassing female players for years, demanding to disband WFI.
Vinesh Phogat hospitalized after brutal weight cut Missing out on an Olympic medal is bad enough, but the Indian delegation's efforts to get Phogat under weight were reportedly brutal.
Yui Susaki was a defending Olympic champion, but she lost to Vinesh Phogat, she won bronze medal by beating Oksana Livach, Sun Yanan did not qualify, one of two bronze medalists, Mariya Stadnik beat Anastasia Blayvas, then lost to Dolgorjavyn Otgonjargal, Sarah Hildebrandt upgraded from bronze in Tokyo, to gold in Paris as a eventual champion.
Vinesh Phogat is still waiting. A decision on the Indian wrestler’s appeal for a shared silver medal after she was disqualified from an Olympic final for missing weight has been postponed a ...