Days after the Paris Olympics, ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat has slammed Indian Olympics Association President PT Usha. Speaking on a local news channel on Tuesday, Vinesh accused PT Usha of doing politics. Vinesh, who returned heartbroken after being denied a medal following a failed weigh-in, the wrestler admitted that PT Usha visiting her at the hospital and getting clicked was all a gimmick. 

‘For what should I continue’ 

"I don't know what support I got there," said Vinesh in an interview to a local news channel.

"PT Usha madam visited me at the hospital. One photo was clicked...Like you said, in politics a lot happens behind closed doors. Similarly, politics happened there (in Paris) as well. That's why I was heartbroken. Otherwise a lot of people are saying 'don't leave wrestling'. For what should I continue! There is politics everywhere," she added.

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"You are on a hospital bed, where you don't know what's happening in life outside, you are going through one of the worst phases of your life. At that place, just to show everyone you are standing with me, aap bina bataye photo kheench rahe ho, fir social media pe daal ke bol rahe ho hum saath mein khade hain (clicked a photo without telling me and then putting it on social media to say you are standing with me).

"That's not how you show support. What was it more than (posturing)!"

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Vinesh became the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the Olympics final, the stage where she was disqualified in Paris after being found overweight by about 100 grams in her 50-kilogram category weigh-in. She subsequently announced her retirement from the sport.