Vinesh Phogat CAS Hearing Live Updates: After she was disqualified from competing in the gold medal bout, Vinesh and IOC knocked on the doors of the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Vinesh Phogat Disqualification Appeal Live Updates: Vinesh Phogat’s appeal to be awarded a shared silver medal along with Yusneylis Guzman Lopez at the Paris Olympics is currently being heard by a sole arbitrator at the at the Court of Arbitration of Sport, who is expected to make her decision before the Paris Olympic Games end.
Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from competing in the gold medal bout in the 50kg weight class for being 100 grams over the permissible limit. A heartbroken Vinesh Phogat had announced her retirement from wrestling, even though the country and the Indian sporting fraternity had rallied around her.
The Indian Olympic Association and Vinesh Phogat had initially filed an appeal on Wednesday at the Court of Arbitration of Sport seeking a new weigh-in and for Vinesh Phogat to be allowed to compete in the final. But since there was no time for the CAS’s ad hoc division to hear the case, Vinesh Phogat asked for the international court to award her a joint silver medal.
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Vinesh Phogat CAS Hearing Live Updates: Follow the latest updates involving Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who is challenging the UWW’s decision to disqualify her
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First uploaded on: 09-08-2024 at 20:19 IST
