Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat returned to India on Saturday after her Paris Olympics 2024 marketing campaign and acquired an awesome reception from the group. Tons of of supporters had gathered exterior the IGI airport in New Delhi to provide a rousing welcome to Vinesh who was disqualified for being obese after reaching the 50kg closing on the Olympics. Vinesh’s attraction in opposition to her disqualification was additionally rejected by the ad-hoc division of the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Amid this grand welcome in Delhi, a really heartwarming second was captured from Vinesh’s native village in Haryana.
Upon arriving at Balali, Haryana, Vinesh hugged her uncle and mentor Mahavir Singh Phogat and the duo shared a really emotional second. Throughout Vinesh’s disqualification at Olympics, Mahavir was always extending assist to Vinesh.
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This specific hug between the duo left all of the netizens and followers emotional.
On August 8, Vinesh penned an emotional to announce her choice to retire from wrestling. Nonetheless, after seeing such heat reception from the followers, she said that she has obtained the braveness to select up the threads and get on with life.
“As I obtained love from my fellow Indians, my village and my relations, I assume I might get some braveness to make this wound heal. Possibly, I might return to wrestling,” Vinesh informed the media.
“I simply need to say that lacking the Olympic medal is the most important wound in my life. I do not know the way a lot time it could take to heal this wound. I do not know if I might pursue wrestling or not however the form of braveness I obtained at the moment (Saturday), I need to use that in the proper course,” she added.
Vinesh and fellow Olympians Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik have been protesting for greater than a 12 months in opposition to the Wrestling Federation of India and its former chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for his alleged sexual harassment of ladies grapplers.
“Our combat has not ended and the combat will proceed and I pray to god that the reality will prevail,” mentioned Vinesh.
(With PTI Inputs)
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