International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Nita Ambani offered support to Vinesh Phogat following her disqualification in the women's 50kg wrestling final at the Paris Olympics.
"If some player has entered the tournament, all these tests should have been done before. How can you disqualify someone at the final stage? This is shocking and surprising. The Government of India and the Indian Olympic Association should take this up strongly with the IOC," said Patel.<
Following the disqualification of India's grappler Vinesh Phogat from the final of the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024, her uncle Mahavir Singh Phogat shared her thoughts, saying that if a wrestler is 50 to 100 grammes overweight it doesn't matter and the player is allowed to play.
Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Sanjay Singh expressed his feelings following grappler Vinesh Phogat's disqualification from freestyle women's 50kg wrestling final on Wednesday.
In a disappointing turn of events at the Paris 2024 Olympics, India's marathon race walk mixed relay team, comprised of Suraj Panwar, and Priyanka Goswami, did not finish the final of the mixed relay event on Wednesday.
Shortly after India received a huge setback at the Paris Olympics with the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the 50 Kg women's wrestling final, the grappler was consoled by Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra.
On her sister, Vinesh Phogat, reaching the final of the Women's Freestyle 50 KG category, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former wretler Babita Phogat expressed her feelings, saying that her father Mahavir Singh Phogat has always dreamt her daughters would bring the medal for the cou
As Vinesh Phogat created history by becoming India's first female wrestler to qualify for an Olympic final, members of the Indian film industry lauded the 29-year-old over her big feat.
India grappler Vinesh Phogat is set to play her final against United States's Sarah Ann Hildebrandt after beating Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez 5-0 in the women's 50kg wrestling semi-finals.
In a marquee matchup of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, Cuba's Mijain Lopez Nunez made history with his 6-0 gold medal win in the 130kg Greco-Roman final on 6 August, becoming the first athlete in Olympic history to take five gold medals in the same event.
After India's disappointing loss against Germany in the semi-final of the men's hockey at the Paris Olympics, Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey said that Harmanpreet Singh's side got a lot of chances to score a goal in the game.