In a significant shot within the arm for wrestler Vinesh Phogat‘s struggle for a silver medal after her dramatic disqualification from the ladies’s 50kg freestyle occasion from the Paris Olympics, the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will hear the Indian athlete’s plea on Friday, the place she might be represented by the nation’s prime lawyer Harish Salve, based on studies.
The anticipated time of the listening to is 1 pm IST on Friday, and an interim verdict is probably going within the subsequent couple of hours.
Vinesh was disqualified on the morning of her gold-medal match within the 50kg division after being discovered obese by 100gm on the second official weigh-in.
CAS accepted Vinesh’s plea on Thursday after an evaluation the place it discovered sufficient benefit in it.
After Vinesh’s disqualification, her place within the closing was taken by Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez, whom Vinesh had defeated within the semifinal. Nonetheless, the Cuban misplaced to the eventual gold medallist Sarah Hildebrandt of USA within the closing.
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The anticipated time of the listening to is 1 pm IST on Friday, and an interim verdict is probably going within the subsequent couple of hours.
Vinesh was disqualified on the morning of her gold-medal match within the 50kg division after being discovered obese by 100gm on the second official weigh-in.
CAS accepted Vinesh’s plea on Thursday after an evaluation the place it discovered sufficient benefit in it.
After Vinesh’s disqualification, her place within the closing was taken by Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez, whom Vinesh had defeated within the semifinal. Nonetheless, the Cuban misplaced to the eventual gold medallist Sarah Hildebrandt of USA within the closing.
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