Understand the whole story of Vinesh Phogat's disqualification from Olympics! What happened with Vinesh on the first night of the competition?
According to the BBC report, Bajrang Punia had expressed concern about Vinesh Phogat's weight on Wednesday morning itself. Bajrang had said, "No player can be the first . First you have to reduce weight. It is difficult to bring the weight down from 50 kg. Boys lose weight quickly. Boys sweat more. It is very difficult for girls. She finds it difficult to bring her weight below 50 kg." Bajrang Punia further said, "For the last six months, she was continuously trying to reduce her weight. A little water and a loaf of bread or two was enough. It is very difficult to lose weight."
NATIONAL - Vinesh played three bouts on Tuesday. Vinesh had earlier won in the pre-quarterfinals. After this, he made it to the finals by winning the quarter-final and semi-final matches. Vinesh had played three fights each, so it was certain that her weight would increase, because she would have tried to refresh herself before every fight. If sources are to be believed, Vinesh, her coach and sports staff were aware of Vinesh's increased weight only after the late night final. Vinesh's weight after the semi-finals was around 52.7 kg. In such a situation, Vinesh made all efforts to reduce her weight. Vinesh worked out the whole night. Vinesh neither ate food nor drank water the whole night. He did cycling, jogging, skipping and made every effort to lose weight.
Vinesh also adopted the way wrestlers try to lose weight by cleaning their stomach. However, when things did not work out in the end, some more steps were taken. When all else failed, they went to cut Vinesh's hair and resorted to measures like drawing blood, but these efforts also did not yield results, reports Sportsstar.
During the weigh-in at 7.15 am Paris time on Wednesday morning, the 29-year-old wrestler's weight was 100 grams more than the 50 kg weight limit. Before the first round match, his weight was 49.90 kg on Tuesday morning. However, her weight was around 52.7 after the end of the semi-finals, which was done on the same day. According to the rules, "If an athlete does not participate or fails to participate in the weigh-in, he or she is eliminated from the competition and placed in last place without ranking."
If sources are to be believed, appeal was made within half an hour in Vinesh Phogat's weight issue, the Olympic rule is that in any case an appeal has to be made within half an hour. But now India does not have many options left. Vinesh will be the first athlete to be disqualified from the final due to weight loss.
This is not the first time that Phogat has had difficulty lifting weight in the 50 kg category, which is lower than the 53 kg category where she usually competes. She had to face a similar test during the Olympic qualifiers too, where she reached the cut by a narrow margin.
According to the BBC report, Bajrang Punia had expressed concern about Vinesh Phogat's weight on Wednesday morning itself. Bajrang had said, "No player can be the first . First you have to reduce weight. It is difficult to bring the weight down from 50 kg. Boys lose weight quickly. Boys sweat more. It is very difficult for girls. She finds it difficult to bring her weight below 50 kg." Bajrang Punia further said, "For the last six months, she was continuously trying to reduce her weight. A little water and a loaf of bread or two was enough. It is very difficult to lose weight."
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