Vinesh Phogat disqualified from wrestling final for being 150 grams overweight on morning of competition

Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the women’s 50kg freestyle wrestling final for being 150gm overweight on morning of competition.

This also means Phogat has been stripped of her medal.

According to UWW, if an athlete does not attend or fail the weigh-in (the 1st or the 2nd weigh-in), he or she will be eliminated of the competition and ranked last, without rank (Exception: cf. Article 56 – Medical Service Intervention).

“It is with regret that the Indian contingent shares news of the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the Women’s Wrestling 50kg class,” IOA said in a release. “Despite the best efforts by the team through the night, she weighed in a few grams over 50kg this morning. No further comments will be made by the contingent at this time. The Indian team requests you respect Vinesh’s privacy. It would like to focus on the competitions at hand.”