Heartbreak For India: Vinesh Phogat Disqualified From Paris Olympics 2024. India’s gold medal hopeful Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from competing in the women’s 50kh wrestling final at the Paris Olympics 2024 after she was found to be overweight for the category by 100 grams. On Tuesday, she made history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach an Olympic final when she defeated Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman.
The Indian Olympic Association confirmed the star wrestler’s disqualification. It stated that Phogat, 3x Commonwealth Games champion, weighed in a few grams over 50 kg this morning despite the team’s best efforts. The association urged for the wrestler’s privacy and to focus on competitions.
Vinesh Phogat Competed In The 53kg Category at Tokyo Olympics
It should be noted that before every wrestling match at the Olympics, competitors are weighed in, on the morning of the first competition and again on the second competition day. Phogat, 29, had earlier been competing in the women’s 53 kg category before returning to competitive action in January 2024. She had been on a 15-month break. At the Tokyo Olympics, Phogat had competed in the 53 kg category.
