Wrestler Vinesh Phogat has posted an emotional post after her appeal for silver was rejected. On Thursday, she posted a photo of herself crying on the mat on her Instagram account and also added a song by singer B Praak, ‘Meri baari te lagde, tu rabba sota reh gaya…’ in this photo. A day earlier, on Wednesday, 14 August, the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) rejected Vinesh’s petition demanding a joint silver medal in the Paris Olympics. Vinesh made it to the finals by winning 3 consecutive matches in the 50 kg women’s category of wrestling. The final was to be held on 8 August, but before the match, the Olympic Committee disqualified the wrestler as Vinesh’s weight was 100 grams more than 50 kg. See Vinesh Phogat’s post IOA’s lawyer said- ‘Waiting for detailed order, will appeal in Swiss Federal Tribunal’
Indian Olympic Association’s lawyer in CAS Vidhushpat Singhania said- ‘The detailed order has not come yet. Only a one-line order has come that Vinesh’s appeal has been rejected. The court has not given any reason why it was rejected or why they took so much time. We are both surprised and disappointed that a decision came and their appeal was rejected. We hope that the detailed order will come in 10-15 days. An appeal can be made against the CAS decision in the Swiss Federal Tribunal within 30 days. The 30-day time will start after the detailed order comes. Harish Salve is with us, he will guide us. We will sit with him, draft an appeal and file it.’ PT Usha expressed displeasure
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha expressed displeasure over the CAS result. She said that she was shocked by the decision of United World Wrestling (UWW) and International Olympic Committee (IOC). These arguments were put in favor of Vinesh Vinesh’s retirement on the second day of medal appeal Vinesh announced her retirement from wrestling on 8 August after being disqualified before the Paris Olympic final. She wrote in a post on X at 5.17 am – “Maa wrestling won over me, I lost. Sorry your dream, all my courage has been broken. I do not have more strength than this now. Goodbye wrestling 2001-2024, I will always be indebted to you all, sorry.” This picture of Vinesh Phogat is viral on social media. It is being said that Vinesh was very disappointed after being excluded from the Olympics. What is CAS? The Court of Arbitration for Sport i.e. CAS is an organization created for sports around the world. Its job is to end legal disputes related to sports. It was established in the year 1984. Its headquarters is located in Lausanne, Switzerland. Its courts are also in New York and Sydney. Temporary courts are also built in the current Olympic cities. For this reason, CAS is established in Paris this time, where the Vinesh Phogat case was heard.
