Vinesh was disqualified from the 50kg freestyle closing after being discovered 100gm chubby. As she arrived dwelling, a strong safety presence was evident on the airport, in addition to the household and mates, together with Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, who got here to welcome Vinesh.
“Vinesh is returning to the nation.Folks have come right here on the (Delhi) airport to welcome her. Persons are additionally ready to welcome her at our village. Persons are excited to fulfill Vinesh and encourage her,” her brother Harvinder Phogat mentioned.
After her disqualification earlier this month for being barely over the burden restrict (50kg) on the day of her gold-medal match, Phogat remained in Paris to attraction to the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport, looking for a shared silver medal. Nonetheless, her attraction was finally rejected on Wednesday.
Gagan Narang, the bronze medalist shooter from the London Olympics who served because the Indian contingent’s Chef de Mission in Paris, shared {a photograph} with Phogat on the Paris airport, referring to her as a champion. Each of them had been on the identical flight again to Delhi.
“She got here as a champion on day 1 into the video games village and she’s going to all the time stay our champion. Generally one would not want an Olympic medal to encourage a billion goals.. @vineshphogat you have got impressed generations. Salute to your grit,” Narang posted on X.
