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Why was the Olympic silver medal request of Vinesh Phogat denied? CAS issues a 24-page complete ruling regarding the weigh-in debacle.

Vinesh made history in advance this month when she became the first Indian girl wrestler to make it to an Olympic final at the Paris Games. But the subsequent morning, at the traditional weigh-in, she turned out to be 100 grams obese, which ended in her disqualification and denial of a medal. Later, the 29-yr-old appealed to the CAS, contesting the ruling and soliciting for a shared silver medal inside the event. But closing week, after a long hearing, the CAS decided in favour of the United World Wrestling and the International Olympic Committee, rejecting her appeal.

Why was the Olympic silver medal request of Vinesh Phogat denied? CAS issues a 24-page complete ruling regarding the weigh-in debacle.

 Vinesh Phogat's fate within the weigh-in debacle on the Paris Olympics 2024 turned into sealed with a unmarried statement remaining Wednesday. However, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday posted a complete report outlining the rationale in the back of the court docket rejecting the Indian wrestler's request for a shared silver medal after she was disqualified from the women's 50 kg freestyle final because of her weight.

 

Vinesh made history in advance this month when she became the first Indian girl wrestler to make it to an Olympic final at the Paris Games. But the subsequent morning, at the traditional weigh-in, she turned out to be 100 grams obese, which ended in her disqualification and denial of a medal. Later, the 29-yr-old appealed to the CAS, contesting the ruling and soliciting for a shared silver medal inside the event. But closing week, after a long hearing, the CAS decided in favour of the United World Wrestling and the International Olympic Committee, rejecting her appeal.

 

On Monday, the court docket made available a 24-page paper outlining the reason for its selection. The court docket said that wrestlers must ensure they don't move over their allowed weight restrict, and that there's never going to be an exception. The applicant's failure to meet the 50 kg weight restrict for the duration of the second one weigh-in is simple. Her primary argument is that that is a bit extra that can be explained with the aid of matters just like the menstrual cycle, water retention, the need to drink sufficient water, and the truth that she did not have sufficient time to shed pounds earlier than touring to the athlete's village. The problem for the athlete is that the load limit is definitely stated inside the guidelines, which follow to all competition. It is an top limit, and no tolerance is given. Not even the singlet's weight is accommodated. Athletes obviously have the obligation to make certain they sta


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