Vinesh Phogat on Saturday morning arrived in Delhi as a big crowd welcomed the champion wrestler at the IGI airport. The grappler returned from Paris after the Olympic Games 2024 and received a welcome just like any other Olympic medallist.
Vinesh has inspired an innumerable number of fans with her fights on and off the mat. She had become the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the semifinals and finals of the Olympic Games. Vinesh might have missed out on a historic medal, but her champion attitude has made everybody admire the Haryana-born grappler.
Her brother, Harinder Singh, spoke to the media about his sister's arrival. "Wrestling and sports lovers of the nation have arrived at the airport to welcome her...People from all sections all coming forward to encourage her. Preparations are underway in her native village to welcome her...She couldn't win the medal but we will work hard and surely win the Olympic gold medal," he said.
Watch Vinesh's arrival in Delhi
Vinesh recently posted an open letter on X, hinting at a possible return to wrestling. "There is so much more to say and so much more to tell but words will never be enough and maybe I will speak again when the time feels right," Vinesh wrote in her X post. "On the night of 6th August and the morning of 7th August, all I want to say is that we did not give up, our efforts did not stop, and we did not surrender but the clock stopped and the time was not fair.
"So was my fate. To my team, my fellow Indians and my family, it feels like the goal that we were working towards and what we had planned to achieve is unfinished, that something might always remain missing, and that things might never be the same again."
Vinesh also admitted that she could have played till 2032 under different circumstances. The crestfallen wrestler finished the letter by saying she would keep fighting for the right thing. "Maybe under different circumstances, I could see myself playing till 2032, because the fight in me and wrestling in me will always be there. I can't predict what the future holds for me, and what awaits me in this journey next, but I am sure that I will continue to fight always for what I believe in and for the right thing."
