Vinesh Phogat’s CAS Hearing On Paris Olympics Disqualification: Verdict On Indian Wrestler Postponed To August 16

New Delhi: The a lot-awaited verdict by potential of the Court of Arbitration for Work out routines (CAS) on an appeal filed by potential of Vinesh Phogat, which was once about to be announced on Tuesday (August 13), has been postponed to August sixteen. Vinesh Phogat has appealed to the CAS for atleast a silver medal after she was once disqualified formerly than her ladies’s 50kg final bout because the Indian wrestler was once found to be chubby by potential of 100 grams. Vinesh stormed into the final with three convincing wins, same to in opposition to wrestling royalty Yui Susaki of Japan closing Tuesday (August 6).

Taken aback by potential of the dramatic turn of routine, the crestfallen grappler closing Wednesday (August 7) appealed in opposition to the replacement on the CAS and demanded that she receive a joint silver with Cuban wrestler Yusneylis Guzman Lopez, who had lost to Vinesh but was once later promoted to the final following the Indian’s disqualification.

A day after her heartbreaking disqualification, Vinesh announced her retirement from the recreation, pronouncing she doesn’t have the skill to continue, as sporting icons from the world over threw their weight on the again of the 29-yr-historic wrestler who was once acting in her 0.33 Olympic Games.

“The CAS advert hoc division president has allowed Hon. Dr Annabelle Bennett, Sole Arbitrator attractive simply by the Vinesh Phogat vs. United World Wrestling (UWW) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) take note of, an extension unless 6-00 p.m. (Paris time) om Friday, August sixteen, 2024,” the IOA remark evaluate. “Thanks to this, the scheduled Zoom assembly with IOA President Dr PT Usha and Senior Suggestions Mr. Harish Salve has been postponed,” the remark to boot added.

Meanwhile, Vinesh has already left the Games Village in Paris and is believed to be somewhere in Europe unless the verdict is out. Vinesh’s criminal crew has French attorneys Joelle Monlouis, Estelle Ivanova, Habbine Estelle Kim and Charles Amson who helped her and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) all simply by the submitting of the application. They were furnished to her by potential of the Paris Bar and are coping with the case specialist bono.

To boot, senior counsels Harish Salve and Vidushpat Singhania have additionally been roped in to help her attractive simply by the case.
Salve served because the Solicitor Considerable-spread of India from 1999 to 2003. He additionally represented India formerly than the International Court of Justice attractive simply by the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. If CAS legislations in Vinesh’s favour, she will regularly be awarded a joint-silver.