Vinesh Phogat News / Wrestling won, I lost mother... Vinesh Phogat announced retirement from wrestling

Vinesh Phogat News: India's female wrestler athlete Vinesh Phogat was disqualified on 7 August just before the gold medal match at the Paris Olympics 2024. Just before her medal match, Vinesh was disqualified by the match officials as her weight was 100 grams more than the prescribed limit. Vinesh participated in the women's 50 kg freestyle wrestling event at the Paris Olympics. Vinesh was also admitted to the hospital after this decision. At the same time, now she has surprised all the fans by suddenly taking a big decision and announcing her retirement from wrestling.

Mother wrestling won over me

Vinesh Phogat posted on the social media platform X and announced her retirement, writing that mother wrestling won over me, I lost, sorry your dream, my courage is all broken, there is no more strength left now. Goodbye wrestling 2001-2024. I will always be indebted to all of you, sorry. Let us tell you that Vinesh Phogat had confirmed her place in the medal event with a brilliant performance in this event, but she was declared ineligible due to being just 100 grams overweight. Vinesh had also made a lot of efforts to bring her weight to the prescribed limit, in which she did jogging, cycling just a night before the match, but still the weight remained 100 grams overweight.

Vinesh Phogat retires, apologizes to mother

Vinesh Phogat has also apologized to her mother on the X-handle while saying goodbye to wrestling. She wrote that mother, wrestling won over me, I lost. Sorry. Your dream, my courage, all are broken. There is no more strength than this.

Vinesh Phogat is hurt by what happened in Paris Olympics

It is clear from Vinesh Phogat's tweet that she is deeply saddened by what happened to her in the Paris Olympics. And, as a result of that, she announced her retirement. Displaying excellent wrestling in the Paris Olympics, Vinesh had confirmed her place in the final of the women's 50 kg category. She had become the first Indian female wrestler to play the Olympic final. But, a few hours before the final, she was accused of being overweight and was disqualified.

From Rio to Paris… could not fulfill her dream!

Vinesh Phogat, who has been active on the international wrestling mat for more than a decade, had a dream of winning a medal in the Olympics. This was also her mother's dream. But, even after participating in the third consecutive Olympics, Vinesh could not do so.

Vinesh made her Olympic debut in Rio 2016, where she had to drop out due to injury. After that, Vinesh Phogat's journey in Tokyo Olympics came to a halt in the quarter-finals. Whereas, when she was just one step away from writing a new history in the Paris Olympics, the decision to disqualify her broke not only her heart but the whole of India.

माँ कुश्ती मेरे से जीत गई मैं हार गई माफ़ करना आपका सपना मेरी हिम्मत सब टूट चुके इससे ज़्यादा ताक़त नहीं रही अब।

अलविदा कुश्ती 2001-2024 🙏

आप सबकी हमेशा ऋणी रहूँगी माफी 🙏🙏

— Vinesh Phogat (@Phogat_Vinesh) August 7, 2024