After Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the Paris Olympics due to weight, there is a lot of discussion about the rules related to weight. Actually, Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified due to being a few grams less in weight as per the category. After this, people say that this much weight could have been reduced and it has happened many times that athletes have reduced their weight in a very short time and have also fixed a place in a particular category. Even Indian boxer Mary Kom has done the same.
In such a situation, let’s know the story related to Mary Kom, in which she lost two kilos of weight in one hour. Along with this, we will also know how athletes lose weight and why the situation is different in Vinesh Phogat’s case…
What is the case with Mary Kom…
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Actually, Mary Kom once had to play in the Silesian Open Boxing Tournament in Poland and at that time she wanted to play in the 48 kg weight category, but her weight was more than that. In such a situation, she lost weight before the weighing for category determination. Let us tell you that at that time Mary Kom lost two kg weight in one hour to avoid being disqualified in the category.
How do athletes weigh in?
Whenever this happens, athletes lose weight in a very short time in many ways. For this, they do heavy workouts and for this, special clothes are available, which are worn while working out. This causes a lot of sweating from the body and weight is reduced in a few hours. However, factors like stress also work in this.
What happened in Vinesh Phogat’s case?
If we talk about Vinesh Phogat’s case, the wrestler gets very less weigh-in time. According to the rules of wrestling, wrestlers are weighed before the match and if two wrestlers fight a bout on two days, then they are weighed on two days. According to the rules, every wrestler is weighed in the morning on the day the bout takes place.
During the first weigh-in, wrestlers have 30 minutes to make weight. Weighing can be done multiple times in 30 minutes, but the weigh-in on the second day is only for 15 minutes. In such a situation, it is not possible to lose weight in such a short time.
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