Paris Olympics 2024: ‘Hope For Positive Result’, PR Sreejesh Backs Vinesh Phogat’s Appeal For Silver Medal

New Delhi: Indian hockey legend and Paris Olympics bronze medalist PR Sreejesh praised former wrestler Vinesh Phogat for her great performances at the games, regardless of her disqualification from the final. He expressed hope that Phogat would nevertheless be awarded a silver medal for her efforts. Within the wake of her disqualification, Vinesh Phogat announced her retirement from wrestling, marking the conclusion of an unlimited chapter in Indian exercises.

Phogat had advanced to the gold medal bout by defeating Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez 5-zero inside the semi-finals on Tuesday nighttime time. She improve to be set to compete in opposition t the U. S.’ Sarah Ann Hildebrandt for the gold medal but improve to be disqualified on Wednesday for breaching the weight hinder. When starting off her crusade, Vinesh captured one of an enormously beneficial wins of her occupation inside the round of sixteen, beating the accurate seed and the Tokyo 2020 champion Yui Susaki of Japan.

After her disqualification, Phogat requested the CAS to award her the silver medal.

Talking at the press convention at the India Home in Paris, Sreejesh outlined, “What Vinesh Phogat did is an comparatively big thing. She had to face a lot final year but she established sportsmanship and reached the finals of the Paris Olympics. It improve to be continuously astounding for anyone to maintain in mind that after attaining the finals, she improve to be now no longer going to get a medal. We are all standing with her and we pray to god that there would per hazard be a most atmosphere pleasant quality conclusion impact and we get a silver medal.”

The Court docket of Arbitration For Recreation (CAS) will announce the verdict at 6 pm Paris time and 9:30 IST.

CAS has deploy an ad hoc division in Paris, led by President Michael Lenard from the United States, to cope with instances in due course of the Olympics. This division is put inside the Paris judicial court docket inside the 17th arrondissement.

In an emotional post on X asserting her retirement, Phogat expressed her sense of gratitude.

“Maa kushti (wrestling) won in opposition t me, I misplaced. Forgive me, your dream and my courage have been damaged. I don’t have any longer victorious energy now. Goodbye Wrestling 2001-2024. I may always be indebted to you fascinated with forgiveness.”

In a most well liked-category occupation, Vinesh secured two World Championships bronze medals (2019 and 2022), an Asian Video games gold (2018) and bronze (2014) and three Commonwealth Video games gold medals (2014, 2018, 2022). She improve to be additionally a gold medalist inside the Asian Championships 2021 and has won silver and bronze at the continental stage too.