A heartbreaking news has come out for India from the Paris Olympics. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who was one step away from winning a gold medal for India in the Olympics, has been eliminated from the event. Before the final of the 50 kg wrestling category, her weight was found to be 100 grams more, due to which Vinesh Phogat was disqualified. This means that Vinesh Phogat will no longer be able to play the final match in the Olympics. But let us tell you, this is not the first time that Vinesh Phogat has had to face such problems due to excess weight.

Broken dream of Olympic medal

Vinesh Phogat had reached the Olympics for the third time. On the first two occasions, she was eliminated in the quarter-finals. But this time she made history by making it to the finals. She was to play the final match today, her weight was found to be overweight in the weight taken before the match. After this, she was disqualified. Let us tell you, this is not the first time, before this in the year 2016 also Vinesh Phogat had to be out of the tournament due to excessive reasons.

In 2016, during the World Olympic Qualifying Event in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Vinesh Phogat was found to be 400 grams overweight as per her weight category. After this, she was disqualified. At the same time, she had to face a similar test during the Olympic Qualifiers, where she made the cut by a small margin. That is, Vinesh Phogat has made such a mistake before as well.

What are the weight rules in wrestling?

In the Olympics, wrestling players are weighed before the match and if two wrestlers fight bouts on two days, then they are weighed for two days. On the day of the bout, every wrestler is weighed in the morning. During this weighing, the wrestler is allowed to wear only a singlet. Let us tell you that there are many weight categories in freestyle wrestling. There are categories of 50, 53, 57, 62, 68, 76 kg in women. At the same time, there are categories of 57, 65, 74, 86, 97, 125 kg in men's freestyle category. At the same time, if an athlete does not participate in the weight measurement or fails, he will be eliminated from the competition.