Last Updated on 08/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
On Wednesday, Vinesh appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) against her disqualification from the Olympic final and demanded that she be awarded the joint silver medal. At the same time, Vinesh also announced her retirement from wrestling today (August 8).
Mom won the wrestling match against me, I lost. Forgive me, your dream, my courage is all broken, I don’t have any more strength now.
Goodbye wrestling 2001-2024 🙏
I will always be indebted to you all, sorry 🙏🙏
— Vinesh Phogat (@Phogat_Vinesh) August 7, 2024
An ad hoc Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) has been set up here to resolve any disputes arising during the 10-day period before the Olympic Games or the opening ceremony and will hear their appeals in the next few hours.
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Cuban wrestler Yusnelis Guzman Lopez, who lost to Vinesh in the semi-finals, replaced the Indian in the final, where she lost to Sarah Ann Hildebrandt of the United States. Vinesh is now relying on the sports tribunal to become joint silver medallist with Lopez.
However, wrestling’s international governing body, United World Wrestling (UWW), has made it clear that there will be no change in the current weight-related rules.
“We at the IOA suggested that if a particular day’s weight requirement is met, the result of the wrestler of that day should not be disqualified,” the world body said in a statement issued late Wednesday night after its president Nenad Lalovic met Indian Olympic Association (IOA) chief PT Usha.
UWW said, ‘UWW will also discuss this suggestion at the appropriate forum but it cannot be implemented on the previous rules.’
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)