As per report Vinesh Phogat fainted due to dehydration. She is currently stable and resting in the polyclinic of the Olympic Village.
On Wednesday, August 7, wrestler Vinesh Phogat was hospitalized in Paris shortly after being disqualified from the women’s 50kg final at the Paris Olympics.
Sources report that Phogat fainted due to dehydration. She was disqualified for being 100 grams over the weight limit during the weigh-in on the second day of the competition.
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Vinesh is currently stable and resting in the polyclinic of the Olympic Village. Unfortunately, there is no available recourse for the Indian contingent to appeal the decision. Despite the exhaustive efforts of Vinesh, her coaches, and support staff—including extreme measures like cutting her hair and trying to draw out blood—they were unable to meet the weight requirement.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with IOA President P.T. Usha to get firsthand information on the situation and explore any possible options for India. According to UWW rules, “If an athlete does not attend or fails the weigh-in, he/she will be eliminated from the competition and ranked last without rank.”
Vinesh is the first athlete to be disqualified from her final for not making weight. She made history on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the Olympic final after defeating Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman 5-0, thus assuring a medal for India.
“It is with regret that the Indian contingent shares news of the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the Women’s Wrestling 50kg class. Despite the best efforts by the team through the night, she weighed in a few grams over 50kg this morning. No further comments will be made by the contingent at this time. The Indian team requests respect for Vinesh’s privacy and would like to focus on the ongoing competitions,” stated the Indian Olympic Association.
Both Vinesh and Sakshi Malik have been prominent figures in the wrestlers’ protest against alleged sexual harassment by the former Wrestling Federation of India leadership. Vinesh, who usually competed in the 53kg category, had to switch to the 50kg category to ensure her qualification for the Olympics.
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“I will have to manage my weight a lot better. I have brought myself down to 50kg after so long, so I will try and maintain this as much as I can. It’s not easy for me not to put on weight because my muscle mass is very high,” Vinesh told PTI in April after securing the 50kg quota for India.
Vinesh had previously faced heartbreaks at the Rio Olympics and Tokyo Games, where she was eliminated early.