‘Vinesh Feeling Better…Not Talking to Anyone’: Vinesh Phogat’s Progress Since Depature

Vinesh Phogat, who awaits the decision of her appeal filed with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for a joint silver medal, has found her way back home and has begun to recover slowly yet steadily, say sources.

The moment of truth shall arrive shortly, as Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat fights to reclaim her hard-earned medal finish at the Paris Olympics, and has made her case to the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) who are yet to reveal their verdict today, August 13.

Awaiting the decision with bated breath, the nation welcomed back Phogat, who, on Monday, was seen leaving the Olympic Games village after her extraordinary performance at the Games, which saw her storming into the final. However, she was disqualified from the women’s 50kg freestyle gold medal match after being found carrying an extra 100 gm weight during the weigh-in on the match day.

As the country and the IOA remain optimistic about a favourbale ruling, latest reports have stated the progress that Phogat herself has showcased, having recovered slowly after her adimssion into the polyclinic, but has seemingly shut herself off from everyone still.

“Vinesh is feeling a little better now, started eating a bit. She is not talking to anyone though. We are all with her,” sources told India Today ahead of the wrestler’s departure from the Games Village.

Vinesh, who stormed into the final of the women’s 50kg freestyle event with three convincing wins, including against wrestling royalty Yui Susaki of Japan last Tuesday, was debarred from the gold medal bout against eventual winner Sarah Hildebrandt of the United States as she was found 100gm above the prescribed limit in the customary morning weigh-in.

Shocked by the dramatic turn of events, the crestfallen grappler last Wednesday appealed against the decision at the CAS and demanded that she be given a joint silver with Cuban wrestler Yusneylis Guzman Lopez, who had lost to Vinesh but was later promoted to the final following the Indian’s disqualification.

A day after her heartbreaking disqualification, Vinesh announced her retirement from the sport, saying she doesn’t have the strength to continue, as sporting icons from across the world threw their weight behind the 29-year-old wrestler who was appearing in her third Olympic Games.

(with agency inputs)

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