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

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

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

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

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

Vinesh, who has always competed in 53kg category, was forced to come down to 50kg just months before Games after 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 semifinals, replaced her in final against USA's Sarah Ann Hildebrandt. US Wrestler won bout to claim gold and Vinesh is w banking on CAS to be a joint silver-medallist with Cuban Grappler.

(With PTI Inputs)