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Vinesh Phogat in action at Paris Olympics 2024© AFP Vinesh Phogat was just one win away from winning a historic Olympic gold but the wrestler was disqualified for being overweight at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Wednesday. Vinesh, who was competing in the 50kg freestyle category, was found to be 100 grams overweight…
Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali retained his Olympic 3000m steeplechase title on Wednesday to become just the third Arab to win double gold as world record holder Lamecha Girma suffered a worrying fall, at Paris Olympics 2024. El Bakkali timed 8min 06.05sec for victory with American Kenneth Rooks taking silver in 8:06.41 and Kenya’s…
Following his niece Vinesh Phogat’s retirement from wrestling, Indian wrestling legend Mahavir Phogat said that it was natural to arrive at this decision after her disqualification from the Paris Olympics, and also said that once she is back home, the family will try to convince her to compete in the 2028 Los Angeles…
Vinesh Phogat’s unexpected disqualification from the Paris Olympic Games sent shockwaves across the Indian sporting spectrum. The authority’s decision triggered a plethora of questions among fans on social media, as everyone wondered why Vinesh couldn’t lose the last 100 grams to fall under the 50kg mark, in order to compete in the gold…
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Geeta Phogat congratulated her sister Vinesh Phogat at the conclusion of a fine wrestling career, saying that the country will be indebted for what she has done in the field of wrestling and called her an inspiration for women. Phogat on Thursday announced her retirement from wrestling following her disqualification in the 50kg…
Artistic swimming – colloquially recognized as synchronised swimming – is one of the most aesthetically-pleasing sports at the Olympics. It is a sport that allows the athletes to perform choreographed routines, on which they’re scored. At Paris Olympics 2024, the USA artistic swimming team put on a show, swimming to the tune of…
India must protest “very strongly” against the “unfortunate” disqualification of wrestler Vinesh Phogat from the 50kg gold medal bout in the Paris Olympics after she was found to be overweight, legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar said in Mumbai on Wednesday. Vinesh was disqualified from taking part in the final for being overweight by 100…
Indian boxing stalwart Vijender Singh has alleged that wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from the Olympics final might be a case of sabotage as elite athletes like her are well-versed with the techniques of cutting weight before major competitions. Vijender, who is India’s first and only male boxer to have won an Olympic medal,…
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Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from women’s 50kg wrestling final© X (Twitter) Stating that it is “extremely sad for the country” that grappler Vinesh Phogat’s was disqualified from the freestyle women’s 50kg wrestling final in the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Sanjay Singh said, “we will do whatever is…
As the entire India sheds tears on Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from the Paris Olympic Games, the contingent’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala for the quadrennial event, shed light on the entire weight controversy. Vinesh was set to participate in her gold medal match on Wednesday but she failed the morning weigh-in, as…
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