Vinesh Phogat is a former wrestler and Congress candidate from Haryana's Julana constituency. Phogat won three back-to-back gold medals at the 2014, 2018, and 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG). She won the gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games. She defeated Yui Susaki, the reigning Olympic champion, in the 2024 Paris Olympics to become the first international wrestler and the first Indian woman wrestler to make it to the Olympic final. However, on the second day of her competition, she weighed 100 grams more than the allowed limit and was disqualified. She announced her retirement after her disqualification. She is facing Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Captain Yogesh Bairagi and Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Kavita Dalal in Julana in the 2024 Haryana Assembly polls.
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Wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who appealed against her disqualification at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), announced her retirement on Thursday. Watch to know more!
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Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has announced her retirement from wrestling after a gruelling experience at the Paris Olympics that saw her being disqualified from the tournament after making the final.
India has faced a significant setback at the Paris Olympics 2024 as Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the women's 50 kg freestyle wrestling final for being overweight, eliminating her chance of winning a medal. Former Indian tennis player Manisha Malhotra has made a statement about this situation.
Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday made a statement in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday on the disqualification of wrestler Vinesh Phogat at the Olympics, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal informed the House.
Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday told Lok Sabha about the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the Olympics after being found overweight ahead of her women's 50kg final and said that the (IOA) has lodged a strong protest with the United World Wrestling (UWW).
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Wrestlers protest: A high voltage drama was seen in Haridwar on Tuesday after protesting wrestlers postponed the immersion of medals in Ganga after farmer leader Naresh Tikait's appealed them to not to throw their medals.
Wrestlers protest: The protesting wrestlers have given an ultimatum to the Centre over the inaction against WFI (Wrestling Federation of India) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over sexual harassment allegations.
Top protesting wrestlers, who resumed their protest on Sunday over the issue of sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, spent the night on the footpath at the protest site at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.
Top protesting wrestlers, who resumed their protest on Sunday over the issue of sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, spent the night on the footpath at the protest site at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.
WFI ex-chief sexual harassment case: Several wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia on Sunday addressed a presser from Delhi's Jantar Mantar and said that it has been three months but they haven't got justice therefore that's why they are protesting again.
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The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Tuesday "temporarily suspended" star grappler Vinesh Phogat for indiscipline during her forgettable Tokyo Olympics campaign and also issued notice to young Sonam Malik for misconduct.
Yogeshwar Dutt is confident about the Indian wrestling contingent's performance in Tokyo. He said that Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia are in great form and the nation can expect 2-3 medals in the sport at Tokyo Olympics.
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