Indian Olympics Association (IOA) President PT Usha has given her first statement after Vinesh Phogat's disqualification. The Indian wrestler was scheduled to compete in the final of 50kg freestyle wrestling but was disqualified after not meeting weight requirements. She weighed 100 grams overweight and hence, the officials took a drastic step. Meanwhile, PT Usha has termed disqualification as shocking while stating that the IOA is providing her full emotional and medical support.
"Vinesh's disqualification is very shocking. I met her at the Olympic Village clinic and assured her of complete support from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), the government of India and the whole country. We are providing Vinesh all medical and emotional support," the IOA Chief said.
"The WFI has filed an appeal to UWW to consider the decision to disqualify Vinesh and IOA is following it up in the strongest possible manner. I am aware of the efforts made by Vinesh's medical team Dinshaw Padriwala and Gagan Narang so that she could meet the competition requirements," she added.
Meanwhile, the head of the medical team Dr Dinshaw Padriwala also confirmed that all the measures were taken to make sure Vinesh could cut down the weight. Moreover, Dinshaw also said that Vinesh is disappointed at not winning the medal in her third Olympics for India.
"We had tried all possible drastic measures over the night including cutting off her hair, and shortening her clothes and despite all of this, we couldn't make this 50kg category. Following disqualification, as a precautionary measure, Vinesh was administered fluids to prevent dehydration and typically we get a few blood tests done just to make sure that everything is normal.
"This process is going on at the local Olympic hospital here and here and all of Vinesh's parameters were perfectly fine during this process. Vinesh also interacted with PT Usha and stated that although she is medically and physically normal, she is disappointed for not winning a medal in her third Olympics.
