Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly opened up on Vinesh Phogat's disqualification from the final of women's 50 kg wrestling at the Paris Olympics and said that she deserves the silver medal.
After Vinesh Phogat's disqualification at the Paris Olympics final, International Olympic Committee (IOC) member and chairperson of the Reliance Foundation, Nita Ambani called the 29-year-old a "true fighter and a winner".
Following her disqualification from the Paris Olympics final, Phogat announced her retirement from wrestling on Thursday. Phogat had advanced to the gold medal bout by defeating Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez 5-0 in the semi-finals on Tuesday night. She was set to compete against the United S
India's Vinesh Phogat was originally supposed to wrestle for the top prize. In a big blow to India's medal hopes from the wrestling arena, the grappler was disqualified from the 50 kg women's wrestling event for breaching the weight mark. Vinesh was scheduled to take on the United States's S
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.
India grappler Vinesh Phogat continued to soar high at the Paris Olympics after pulling off a dominating win over Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez in the women's 50kg wrestling semi-finals.