Vinesh Phogat disqualified from competing in finals at Paris Olympics, misses historic medal

Vinesh Phogat disqualified from women's 50kg final for being overweight, missing chance to make history with medal.

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s Olympic medal was snatched from her in the cruellest of twists of fate when she couldn’t make weight on the morning of her final in the women’s 50kg category. She will be disqualified from the competition, not allowed to compete in the final likely also be stripped of the silver medal

The 29-year-old was 150gm above the 50kg weight limit.

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The athlete and her coaches and support staff tried everything including extreme measures like cutting her hair and trying to draw out blood but their efforts did not yield the results they wanted.

According to UWW rules ‘If an athlete does not attend or fail the weigh in, he/she will be eliminated from the competition and ranked last without rank.”

Vinesh reached the finals after handing Yui Susaki her first ever defeat in international competition and then beating Oksana Livach and Yuznelys Guzman in the semifinals.

Vinesh will be the first athlete who was disqualified from her final because of not making weight.