Latest occasions on the Paris Olympics have solid a shadow over India’s wrestling contingent. Aman Sehrawat, who secured India’s first wrestling medal in Paris with a bronze within the males’s 57kg class, needed to lose practically 5 kilos in simply 10 hours earlier than his medal bout.
Extra regarding is the case of Antim Panghal, who reportedly took excessive measures to make weight for her competitors. Panghal, who changed Vinesh Phogat within the ladies’s 53kg freestyle class, suffered a 0-10 loss in her Olympic debut towards Turkey’s Zeynep Yetgil.
Based on a report, Panghal starved herself for 48 hours earlier than the weigh-in, consuming solely minimal water. This drastic method left her weak and dehydrated for her opening bout. Panghal’s sister and dietician, Nisha, was unable to help her as she wasn’t formally a part of the Indian contingent and could not enter the Olympic village.
Including to the crew’s woes, Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the ladies’s 50kg freestyle remaining for being 100 grams chubby. This incident denied India a possible medal and led to Phogat initially asserting her retirement. Nevertheless, she has since appealed to the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for a joint silver medal, with assist from the Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA).
These incidents spotlight the extraordinary strain and challenges confronted by wrestlers in managing their weight for competitors, usually resorting to excessive measures that may affect their efficiency and well being.
