"I lack strength," says Vinesh Phogat. I lost, wrestling won...

A day after being disqualified from the paris olympics 2024, a distraught Vineesh Phogat revealed on social media on Thursday morning that she was retiring from wrestling. "I lost to Mother Wrestling; she prevailed over me... Both my bravery and your ambitions are crushed. I've used up all of my strength. Wrestling: Farewell, 2001–2024. I have you all to my eternal gratitude. I hope you will pardon (me)," she wrote on X. It was hours before Vinesh's historic gold medal match that she was disqualified from the olympics in paris and had her medal revoked for missing the wednesday morning weigh-in. The indian wrestler weighed 100 grams too much.

The 29-year-old made history as the first wrestler from india to reach the Olympic finals and guarantee herself at least a silver medal in the women's 50kg division. Despite the best efforts of her coaches, support staff, and the indian Olympic Association, she was disqualified from the event after it was discovered that she was overweight during the mandatory weigh-in on the morning of her bout. Due to extreme dehydration brought on by her desperate attempts to make the cut—which included going without food, avoiding fluids, and staying up all night sweating it out—she had to be rushed to a polyclinic in the Games village. In an attempt to lose weight, she even attempted cutting her hair short. However, nothing was effective.

Vinesh challenges his CAS disqualification.

Vinesh, who was disqualified for being 100 grams overweight during the morning weigh-in, filed an appeal against her disqualification in the court of Arbitration for sports (CAS) late on wednesday night. She requested that she be given a joint silver medal. A section of the CAS has been established on an as-needed basis in paris to arbitrate any disputes that may arise during the olympic games or in the ten days leading up to the Opening Ceremony. We'll discuss the issue thursday morning.