{"id":22877,"date":"2024-08-08T10:57:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T05:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=465122"},"modified":"2024-08-08T10:57:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T05:27:27","slug":"alvida-kushti-vinesh-phogat-announces-retirement-after-olympic-disqualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/olympics\/alvida-kushti-vinesh-phogat-announces-retirement-after-olympic-disqualification\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Alvida Kushti\u2019: Vinesh Phogat announces retirement after Olympic disqualification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s ace wrestler, Vinesh Phogat, announced her retirement from wrestling following her disqualification from the Paris Olympics 2024. The 29-year-old grappler was on the verge of competing for a gold medal in the women\u2019s 50kg freestyle wrestling event but was disqualified after exceeding the weight limit by 100 grams during the morning weigh-in on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In a heartfelt social media post, Vinesh expressed her heartbreak and bid farewell to the sport she has competed in professionally since 2001. \u201cWrestling won the match against me, I lost\u2026 my courage is all broken, I don\u2019t have any more strength now. Goodbye Wrestling 2001-2024. I will forever be in your debt,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">\u092e\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u0941\u0936\u094d\u0924\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u091c\u0940\u0924 \u0917\u0908 \u092e\u0948\u0902 \u0939\u093e\u0930 \u0917\u0908 \u092e\u093e\u092b\u093c \u0915\u0930\u0928\u093e \u0906\u092a\u0915\u093e \u0938\u092a\u0928\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u093f\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0924 \u0938\u092c \u091f\u0942\u091f \u091a\u0941\u0915\u0947 \u0907\u0938\u0938\u0947 \u091c\u093c\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0926\u093e \u0924\u093e\u0915\u093c\u0924 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0905\u092c\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u0905\u0932\u0935\u093f\u0926\u093e \u0915\u0941\u0936\u094d\u0924\u0940 2001-2024 \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>\u0906\u092a \u0938\u092c\u0915\u0940 \u0939\u092e\u0947\u0936\u093e \u090b\u0923\u0940 \u0930\u0939\u0942\u0901\u0917\u0940 \u092e\u093e\u092b\u0940 \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vinesh Phogat (@Phogat_Vinesh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phogat_Vinesh\/status\/1821332432701779982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Key Points<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Disqualification Reason<\/strong>: Exceeded weight limit by 100 grams during weigh-in<\/li>\n<li><strong>Response<\/strong>: Vinesh lodged a protest at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Career Span<\/strong>: 2001-2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others from the sporting community have expressed their support and encouraged Vinesh to consider competing in the 2028 LA Games. However, Vinesh feels she has lost her final battle and doesn\u2019t have the strength to continue.<\/p>\n<h4>CAS Appeal<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Appeal<\/strong>: Vinesh reached out to CAS, requesting a joint-silver medal<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outcome<\/strong>: The matter will be taken up on Thursday morning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Despite her efforts to cut weight, including starving herself for a week and spending hours in the sauna, Vinesh fell short by 100 grams. Her place in the final was taken by Cuba\u2019s Yusneylys Guzman Lopez, who went on to compete against American Sarah Hildebrandt. Hildebrandt won the gold with a 3-0 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Vinesh hopes that CAS will consider her appeal and award her a joint silver medal with Lopez.<\/p>\n<h3>Summary Table<\/h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Event<\/th>\n<th>Details<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Disqualification Reason<\/td>\n<td>Exceeded weight limit by 100 grams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Appeal<\/td>\n<td>Lodged at CAS for a joint-silver medal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Career Span<\/td>\n<td>2001-2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Prime Minister\u2019s Support<\/td>\n<td>Encouraged Vinesh to aim for the 2028 LA Games<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Final Replacement<\/td>\n<td>Yusneylys Guzman Lopez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Final Outcome<\/td>\n<td>Sarah Hildebrandt won gold with a 3-0 victory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s ace wrestler, Vinesh Phogat, announced her retirement from wrestling following her disqualification from the Paris Olympics 2024. The 29-year-old\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":43063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[636],"class_list":["post-22877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-olympics","tag-vinesh-phogat"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}