Vinesh weighed 100 grams over 50kg on the official weigh-in on the day of the ultimate.
Listed below are ten issues to know:
1. Vinesh will now end final within the ultimate standings for the ladies’s 50kg occasion.
2. Vinesh will not be awarded any medal.
3. The scheduled ultimate won’t happen and Vinesh’s opponent, Sarah Hildebrandt of USA, might be awarded the gold medal.
4. The bronze medals might be awarded as regular, which is determined by two separate bouts between a dropping semifinalist and the wrestler coming by the repechage rounds
5. Vinesh was reportedly two kilos chubby the night time earlier than her ultimate and labored out your complete night time in hope of shedding weight.
6. Experiences additionally recommend that the Indian authorities in Paris requested the organisers to permit Vinesh some extra time to shed the additional 100 gm, however weren’t entertained.
7. Additionally reported is that Vinesh lower a few of her hair and had blood drawn earlier than the weigh-in on Wednesday with a purpose to carry her weight to below 50kg.
8. A couple of months earlier than the Olympics, Vinesh needed to change her weight class from 53kg to 50kg, as Antim Panghal acquired the Wrestling Federation of India’s nod to contest within the 53kg class in Paris.
9. On her approach to the ultimate, Vinesh had shocked Japan’s Yui Susaki, who was defending her Tokyo Olympics gold and had by no means misplaced in 82 profession worldwide outings earlier than her match in opposition to the Indian.
10. Reacting to the event, PM Narendra Modi posted on X (previously Twitter) to point out his help for Vinesh. “As we speak’s setback hurts. I want phrases may specific the sense of despair that I’m experiencing,” the PM wrote.
