Sourav Ganguly on Vinesh Phogat: Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has given his help to wrestler Vinesh Phogat and stated that she deserves a minimum of a silver medal after making it to the 50 kg freestyle closing on the Paris Olympics. This 29-year-old wrestler from India was disqualified earlier than the ultimate match of the Olympic ladies’s 50 kg wrestling for being 100 grams chubby. This shattered Vinesh’s dream of turning into an Olympic champion and he or she introduced her retirement from rowing.
When requested about this on the sidelines of the “Kolkata Meals Pageant”, Ganguly stated, “I do not know the precise rule, however I believe she should have certified correctly when she reached the ultimate. While you make it to the ultimate, you win a gold or silver medal. Whether or not she was wrongly disqualified or not, I do not know, however she deserves a minimum of a silver medal.”
Vinesh was changed by Cuban wrestler Yusnelis Guzman Lopez within the closing, who misplaced to her within the semi-finals. The Indian wrestler has demanded a joint silver medal with Lopez in her enchantment filed within the Sports activities Arbitration (CAS). The Sports activities Arbitration is anticipated to present a call on this by August 13.
Nice cricketer Sachin Tendulkar additionally supported Vinesh and stated that the disqualification of the Indian wrestler is ‘in opposition to logic and sportsmanship’. He additionally suggested to rethink the principles associated to this.
Athletes who received medals for India at Paris Olympics
Neeraj Chopra (Athletics) – Silver Medal
Aman Sehrawat (Wrestling) – Bronze Medal
Indian Males’s Hockey Workforce – Bronze Medal
Swapnil Kusale (Taking pictures) – Bronze Medal
Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh (Taking pictures) – Bronze Medal