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Vinesh Phogat, the first Indian woman to qualify for an Olympic wrestling final, appeared to announce her retirement from the sport in a heartbreaking statement.
India's Vinesh Phogat celebrates her win over Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez in their women's freestyle 50-kilogram wrestling semifinal match during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on Aug. 6.
59 kg. FILA Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament. 2012 Astana[ 5] 55 kg. Updated on 20 October 2016. Geeta Phogat (born 15 December 1988) [ 1] is a freestyle wrestler who won India's first ever gold medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games in 2010. She is also the first Indian female wrestler to have qualified for the Olympic Summer Games.
In January 2023, thirty Indian wrestlers, including Olympic medalists, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik, Anshu Malik, Bajrang Punia, among others, staged a sit-in accusing Wrestling Federation of India president, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and its coaches of sexually harassing female players for years, demanding to disband WFI. The protests were ...
The wrestler from Team India, who on Tuesday became the first woman from her country to make the Olympic finals, will not be participating in the women’s wrestling 50kg gold-medal match due to ...
Reetika Hooda was born in Rohtak district, Haryana. Her father Jagbir Singh is a farmer and her mother Neelam is a housewife. [ 2] She showed an early interest in wrestling, participating in local competitions from a young age. Despite their modest means, her family provided significant support for her passion, which played a crucial role in ...
53 kg. World Cadets Championship. 2021 Budapest. 53 kg. Antim Panghal (born 2004) is an Indian wrestler from Haryana. [ 1] She won a silver medal at Asian wrestling championship 2023. [ 2] She was India's first-ever U-20 world wrestling champion. [ 3][ 4] She retained the championship the following year. [ 5]
CLIFF BRUNT. August 13, 2024 at 2:22 PM. Vinesh Phogat is still waiting. A decision on the Indian wrestler’s appeal for a shared silver medal after she was disqualified from an Olympic final for ...