The Indian woman wrestler Vinesh Phogat is getting support from all over the world after she got disqualified in the Paris Olympics for being overweight by 100 gm. Vinesh participated in the 50 Kg freestyle category but before the finals, she weighed in 100 gm more than the weight limit because of which she was disqualified and later on, she announced retirement from wrestling.
Vinesh has appealed in the Court of Arbitration of Sport to give her joint silver medal but the verdict is still awaited.
Now after the whole fiasco, the President of Indian Olympic Association, PT Usha has made it clear in a statement that the onus of weight management in weightlifting, wrestling, judo and boxing lies with the player and his personal coaching team and chief medical officer (Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala) and his team can’t be hold responsible for weight management of players.
The statement which was issued by IOA further read, “The IOA appointed a medical team a couple of months ago, primarily as a team that would assist in the recovery and injury management of athletes during and after their competition. This team was also designed to support athletes who did not have their own team of nutritionists and physiotherapists. The hate directed at the IOA medical team, especially Dr Pardiwala, is unacceptable and worthy of condemnation. She hoped that those rushing to judge the IOA medical team would consider all facts before arriving at any conclusions.”
Will Vinesh Phogat get a silver medal?
