Vinesh Phogat To Return To India On August 17 After Paris Olympics 2024 Heartbreak, Confirms Bajrang Punia

Vinesh Phogat is fighting an appeal at the CAS after she was disqualified before her women’s 50kg wrestling final due to overweight by just 100 gms.

Written by: Koushik Paul Edited by: Koushik Paul

Updated: August 14, 2024, 10:25 PM IST

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Vinesh Phogat had already left the Games Village a couple of days ago in Paris.

New Delhi: Vinesh Phogat will return to India on August 17, a day after the much-awaited verdict on her Paris Olympics 2024 disqualification, confirmed fellow wrestler and Tokyo Olympics bronze Bajrang Punia on Wednesday. Punia revealed that Phogat will reach Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport at 10 AM in the morning and will be given a grand welcome on her way to Balali.

Meanwhile, Vinesh’s appeal against her disqualification from the Olympic Games final has been rejected by the ad-hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the Indian Olympic Association said on Wednesday.

सभी को नमस्कार 🙏🏼
विनेश फोगाट सुबह 10:00 am 17 August को एयरपोर्ट
पर पहुँच जायेगी ! pic.twitter.com/xxHYCTJ1GK

— Bajrang Punia 🇮🇳 (@BajrangPunia) August 14, 2024

In a statement, IOA President PT Usha expressed “shock and disappointment at the decision of the Sole Arbitrator at the CAS to dismiss wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s application against the United World Wrestling (UWW) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).”

“The operative part of the August 14 decision, which dismisses Vinesh’s application to be awarded a shared silver medal in women’s 50 kg category at the Paris Olympic Games has significant implications for her in particular and the sporting community at large,” the IOA stated.

Vinesh’s legal team had French lawyers Joelle Monlouis, Estelle Ivanova, Habbine Estelle Kim and Charles Amson who helped her and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) during the filing of the application. They have been provided to her by the Paris Bar and are handling the case pro bono.

In addition, senior counsels Harish Salve and Vidushpat Singhania were also roped in to help her in the case. Interestingly, the IOA had sent out invites for an online press conference with its president PT Usha and Salve at the exact same time at which the verdict was expected this evening. That invite was withdrawn within minutes of the CAS statement.

Vinesh, who was making her third Olympic appearance here, announced her retirement from the sport a day after her disqualification, saying that she doesn’t have the strength to continue.