‘Ehsaan Kiya Hai’: Fierce Conflict In Parliament Over Vinesh Phogat; Chandrashekhar Loses Cool
From the Athletes Village on the Paris Olympics, after making her third look on the sanctum sanctorum of sports activities, Vinesh wrote: “Alvida kushti” and punched the important thing on her telephone to beep and wake India as much as the unlucky information.
After weighing a 100 gm greater than her weight class of 50kg, Vinesh was disqualified and the echo of the uproar was heard within the Indian parliament as properly. And understandably, it might have been an excessive amount of for her to see somebody who she beat within the semifinals profitable the silver medal for her nation.
Cuba’s Yusneylys Guzman Lopez took Vinesh’s place within the last towards the American Sarah Hildebrandt. Sarah took house gold, Lopez silver, Vinesh crushed desires.
This is how these horror 31 hours panned out, since Vinesh gained the semifinal on Tuesday to turn out to be the primary lady wrestler to enter an Olympic last. The remainder of the story unfolded off the mat as Vinesh ended her profession with a social media publish.
10:30 pm, Aug 6: Vinesh beats Lopez to enter the ultimate
– Excuses herself from media interactions within the combined zone. “Kal baat karenge (we’ll speak tomorrow)”, she stated.
– Quickly after profitable her bout, she talks to household on a video name at a sales space put in on the wrestling venue in Paris, the Champ-de-Mars Area. “Gold lana hai gold (need to win gold),” she is heard saying ecstatically.
– In nearly no time Vinesh is pictured exercising in her sweatsuit as her coach, the Hungarian Woller Akos, observes intently.
– She was reportedly 2 kg chubby on Tuesday night time after her semifinal bout.
– Indian contingent’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, in coordination with Chef de Mission Gagan Narang and IOA president PT Usha work in a single day on measures to carry Vinesh’s weight right down to underneath 50kg
– She spends the night time with out getting a lot sleep or meals and solely minimal water as replenishment to keep away from dehydration.
– On the day of her last, Wednesday, August 7, Vinesh’s weight stays marginally above 50kg. Her hair and fabric are trimmed earlier than the second official weigh-in.
– She goes for the weigh-in on Thursday morning and is discovered chubby by 100 gm.
– Vinesh will get disqualified as per the competitors guidelines.
– The Indian staff’s administration requests organisers of the wrestling competitors for just a little extra time to carry Vinesh’s weight down, however it’s turned down.
– The Wrestling Federation of India information an enchantment with United World Wrestling (UWW), the game’s governing physique working the present in Paris.
– Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls IOA chief PT Usha.
– Vinesh will get dehydrated and is hospitalised on the native Olympic hospital.
– There may be an uproar within the Parliament. Sports activities Minister Mansukh Mandaviya makes an announcement to elucidate the circumstances round Vinesh’s disqualification and efforts being made to get the choice reversed.
– Vinesh knocks on the door of Court docket of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), calls for a joint silver medal
– The ladies’s 50kg class medal rounds go forward. Sarah wins gold for USA, Lopez will get silver.
5:17 am IST, August 8: Vinesh quits
