'Goodbye Wrestling': Vinesh Phogat Calls Time On Her Career In Heartbreaking Post

The past few days have been rough for the sports fans as they were left disheartened after Vinesh Phogat's disqualification before her final bout. The Indian grappler was assured of a medal, but she could not keep her weight under the designated limit during the morning weigh-ins, leading to her disqualification. After the daunting moment, Vinesh has publicly announced that she is hanging up her boots.

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Vinesh Phogat Bids Farewell to Wrestling: Olympic Final Disqualification Marks the End of Her Career

Indian Grappler Vinesh Phogat announced her retirement from wrestling. In the aftermath of her disqualification from the women's 50kg freestyle event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, she made the decision to step down from the sport. She made her decision public via the social media platform 'X', formerly known as Twitter.

“Mother, wrestling won the match against me, I lost. Forgive me. Your dream, my courage is all broken, I don't have any more strength now. Goodbye Wrestling 2001-2024. I will always be indebted to you all for forgiveness,” she tweeted, as per translate.

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The entire country was rallying for Vinesh and the IOA has been supporting the Indian Grappler. Vinesh appealed against her disqualification from the Olympic finals on Wednesday in the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), demanding that she be awarded a joint silver medal.

She spent a good part of the day at a polyclinic inside the Games village owing to severe dehydration caused by her desperate measures to make the cut, which included going hungry, avoiding fluids and staying up all night to sweat it out.

Vinesh had scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the gold medal bout in her category on Tuesday night. She is a three-time Olympian and has won gold medals in both the Asian and Commonwealth Games. She was assured of at least a silver medal before the disqualification.

(With PTI Inputs)