Paris Olympics 2024 was already proving to be bad for India, where many players were missing out on medals after coming very close. Now it is also becoming controversial due to the results of wrestling. Already there were allegations of defeating Nisha Dahiya by injuring her during the match. Then on August 7, the most controversial and heartbreaking news came, in which star wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the final due to being overweight. While there was already a lot of controversy about Vinesh's 100 grams more weight and now a new controversy has come to the fore regarding Antim Panghal's weight. Antim had to face defeat in his very first match of the Olympics.

19-year-old Indian wrestler Antim Panghal was making her debut in the Paris Olympics. Her first match was on Wednesday, 7 August, in which she was participating in the 53 kg weight category. There were a lot of expectations from Antim because she had won the gold medal in the World Junior Championship last year and then also won the bronze medal in the Senior World Championship. In such a situation, there were great expectations from Antim but the opposite happened. In her very first match, she was eliminated after losing 0-10 in the last few minutes.

Lastly, she remained hungry for 2 days?

Now losing in this manner was shocking but in wrestling it is not a big deal and often in many matches there is a 10-0 win or loss. Now a sensational claim has been made in this case that Anant Panghal was also struggling to maintain her weight to 53 kg before the match and hence she did not eat anything for 2 consecutive days before the match. That is, she remained completely hungry so that she could maintain her weight of 53 kg.

Support staff under question

This shocking claim has been made in the report of RevSportz which has once again raised questions on the role of the support staff present with the Indian wrestlers. No official statement has been issued in this matter by the Indian Olympic Association or the 'Chef de Mission' of the Indian team in the Paris Olympics, Gagan Narang. In such a situation, this is going to be the biggest issue in Indian sports in the coming days.