The Indian wrestler who was disqualified from her gold medal remaining after failing to make weight has retired from the game.
Vinesh Phogat was set to lock horns with American Sarah Hildebrandt for the gold medal however the 29-year-old fell 100 grams brief regardless of ravenous herself for per week and spending hours within the sauna to chop right down to her competitors weight.
In a submit on X Phogat introduced her retirement from the game.
“Wrestling received and I misplaced. My desires are shattered. I haven’t got any extra energy,” Phogat wrote on X.
“Goodbye wrestling 2001-2024. I’ll all the time be indebted to you all. I’m sorry.”
Phogat defeated Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez within the semifinals, however her disqualification pushed Guzman Lopez into the gold medal match on Wednesday night time, native time.
Hildebrandt defeated Lopez within the remaining 3-0 to take the gold.
Phogat had gotten off to an incredible begin on the Paris Video games, gorgeous four-time world and defending Olympic champion Yui Susaki of Japan in her first match on Tuesday.
She finally received her first three matches to earn a spot within the 50-kilogram remaining.
Phogat was the primary Indian lady to achieve an Olympic remaining in wrestling.
It’s unclear if Phogat has ever beforehand been disqualified for not making weight.
She had by no means positioned increased than ninth on the Olympics or third at a world championship occasion earlier than this spectacular efficiency on the Paris Video games.
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