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‘I don’t know the exact rule, but I’m sure that when she reached the finals, she must have qualified properly,’ said Sourav Ganguly on Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from Paris Olympics. read more
 "Vinesh Phogat at least deserves a silver medal, feels Sourav Ganguly")
A verdict on Vinesh Phogat's appeal for joint-silver at Paris Olympics is expected to come on 13 August. Reuters
Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly believes that wrestler Vinesh Phogat deserves a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics as she reached the final of the women’s 50 kg category. Vinesh was disqualified from the final after she was found to be overweight by 100 grams on the day of the final. On Thursday, Vinesh announced retirement from wrestling.
”I don’t know the exact rule, but I’m sure that when she reached the finals, she must have qualified properly,” Ganguly told reporters when asked for his opinion on the matter on the sidelines of the Kolkata Food Festival in Kolkata.
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”So when you go to the finals, it’s either a gold or silver medal. Whether she was disqualified wrongfully or not, I don’t know, but she deserves the silver medal at least,” he added.
Vinesh has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), demanding that she be awarded a joint silver medal with Cuban wrestler Yusneylis Guzman Lopez, who had lost to the Indian but was later promoted to the final following the Haryana wrestler’s disqualification. American Sarah Hildebrandt won the gold after defeating Lopez in the title clash.
The decision on Vinesh’s appeal is expected to come on 13 August. Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar also had supported Vinesh, saying the disqualification of the Indian wrestler, ”defied logic and sporting sense”, and asked for rules to be revisited.
With PTI inputs
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