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Tough road ahead for wrestlers Phogat & Co
Updated On: 05 August, 2024 07:30 AM IST | Paris | PTI
She was accused of misconduct and suspended by the WFI for several alleged transgressions
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Vinesh Phogat
Feisty wrestler Vinesh Phogat (50kg) will have to shake off a tumultuous build-up to the Paris Games when she takes mat, aiming for an elusive Olympic medal, while five of her colleagues will also strive to write their own success stories at the biggest stage when the wrestling event begins here on Monday.
Vinesh is easily India’s most accomplished woman wrestler, with two World Championships, three CWG and eight Asian Championships medals adorning her cabinet, but her previous two Olympic campaigns have ended in heartbreaks. She had returned from Rio (2016) with just a broken leg, but from Tokyo (2021), she came back with her soul scarred after a crushing defeat ‘by fall’ in the quarter-finals. She was accused of misconduct and suspended by the WFI for several alleged transgressions.
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