Vinesh Phogat's CAS Hearing Scheduled for Today, Prominent Lawyer Set to Represent IOC

Vinesh Phogat still has a chance to earn a joint silver medal after she was disqualified from the Women's 50kg Freestyle Final at the Paris Olympics. The Indian grappler was up all night to make weight for the competition but was found 100 overweight, leading to her disqualification. Her ousting has sparked outrage, and the wrestler appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. One of her appeals was accepted, and it will be heard today. To represent Vinesh, the IOC has sought help from one of the country's top lawyers.

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Vinesh Phogat to be represented by Advocate Harish Salve at CAS Hearing

The Indian Olympic Association reached out to Harish Salve and has appointed him to lead the case of Vinesh Phogat's disqualification. The Court of Arbitration for Sport will be hearing the case on Friday, and the ad hoc hearing is scheduled to start at 09:00 AM local time (12:30 PM IST).

The former Solicitor General of India and King's Counsel confirmed that the IOA has contacted him to represent Vinesh Phogat at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), as per ANI.

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Vinesh Phogat has announced her retirement from the sport after her disqualification from the medal match at the Paris Olympics. At least a silver was ensured for the grappler, and she had appealed to the CAS to give her the silver medal. The committee has accepted one of her appeals, and a final decision will be made today.

Vinesh, who has always competed in the 53kg category, was forced to come down to 50kg just months before the Games after the Paris quota place in that division was locked by Antim Panghal. 

After Vinesh's Disqualification, Cuban wrestler Yusneylis Guzman Lopez, who lost to Phogat in the semifinals, replaced her in the final against USA's Sarah Ann Hildebrandt. The US Wrestler won the bout to claim gold and Vinesh is now banking on CAS to be a joint silver-medallist with the Cuban Grappler.

(With PTI Inputs)