After disqualification

Weighing drama: wrestler loses at sports tribunal

Vinesh Phogat(Bild: AP)

Following her elimination from the final at the Olympic Games in Paris, Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has also suffered a defeat at the International Court of Arbitration for Sport. The CAS rejected the 29-year-old's appeal against her disqualification by the wrestling world federation UWW and her application for a shared silver medal.

Phogat was the first Indian wrestler to reach an Olympic final. However, according to the Indian team, she was 100 grams heavier than the permitted 50 kilograms at the weigh-in at the start of the second day of competition and was disqualified as a result. Phogat tried everything she could to get under the limit and even cut off her hair to do so. She was then taken to hospital due to the threat of dehydration.

Her Cuban semi-final opponent Yusneylis Guzman Lopez took her place in the final, lost it and took silver. The Indian delegation lodged a protest with the World Wrestling Federation, but failed.

Resignation after shattered dream
After the shattered gold dream, Phogat announced her retirement. "Wrestling has won, I have lost. My dreams have been shattered, I no longer have the strength to go on," she wrote on the internet platform X.