Vinesh Phogat announces retirement

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat announced her retirement from wrestling a day after she was disqualified from the 50kg category Paris Olympics finals. T

The seasoned wrestler was disqualified after weighing 100 grams more than the permissible limit in the morning weigh-in ahead of the final.

In an emotional post on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), she wrote, “Mom, wrestling has defeated me, I lost. Forgive me, your dream, my courage is all broken. I don’t have any more strength now.”

“Goodbye wrestling 2001-2024,” Phogat concluded, adding that she will “forever be indebted to everyone.”