Vinesh Phogat Disqualified from Olympic Wrestling: Fails to Weigh-In for 50kg Match
Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the current Olympic wrestling event due to her failure to weigh in at the designated time. As a result, she has quit wrestling after being disqualified from the women’s 50kg gold medal match.
She tweeted on her X (formerly Twitter) account with the caption, “Dreams are shattered,” and also pleaded with her fans, friends, and family.
“Wrestling won and I lost. My dreams are shattered,” Phogat wrote. “Goodbye wrestling, 2001-2024. I will always be indebted to you all. I am sorry.”
Earlier, she had defeated one of her rivals, Cuba’s Yusneylys Guzmán, 5-0 during the semifinal on Tuesday. The 29-year-old Phogat was then eliminated from the 50kg tournament after failing to weigh in for the second time. She had been scheduled to face Team USA’s Sarah Hildebrandt for the gold on August 7, 2024. Phogat made history as one of the first Indian women to reach the Olympic finals.
The rules and regulations enforced Phogat’s elimination, as per the guidelines, a wrestler who fails to make weight during the second weigh-in is eliminated from the tournament and may be forced to quit on the first day of the competition.
Phogat fainted due to dehydration after failing the weigh-in and was subsequently hospitalized. She had performed without consuming any food the night before the match, according to India’s sports officials.
However, she has already won three gold medals from previous Commonwealth Games, two bronze medals from earlier World Championships, and a gold from the Asian Games.
