Paris Olympics 2024 News: Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat's appeal against her disqualification from Paris Olympics final has been rejected by the ad-hoc division of the Court of
As someone from an Indian family, my heart truly broke for her to see her get DQ’d because I greatly admire her as a person for all that she’s stood up for, but I have to 100% agree with the decision here.
Rules are rules and they are there to prevent incentivizing anyone to drop down to a weight class that they’re not naturally in hoping for a chance to at least medal even if they can’t maintain that weight the entire tournament. That’s honestly unfair to her competitors even if she was technically legal weight when she fought them.
As someone from an Indian family, my heart truly broke for her to see her get DQ’d because I greatly admire her as a person for all that she’s stood up for, but I have to 100% agree with the decision here.
Rules are rules and they are there to prevent incentivizing anyone to drop down to a weight class that they’re not naturally in hoping for a chance to at least medal even if they can’t maintain that weight the entire tournament. That’s honestly unfair to her competitors even if she was technically legal weight when she fought them.