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Paris: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified before the women\u2019s 50 kg freestyle final at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday after being over overweight, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said. The update sent shockwaves across the internet, with her supporters expressing their angst and heartbreak.<\/p>\n
Among those leading the reactions was industrialist Anand Mahindra.<\/p>\n
\u201cNO! NO! NO! Please make this a bad dream that I will wake up from and find it isn\u2019t true,\u201d Mahindra wrote on X (formerly Twitter), minutes after the news broke of Phogat being disqualified from Paris Olympics 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe extra 100 g is from that invincible medal she has been wearing all this time,\u201d entrepreneur Vishal Dayama said on X.<\/p>\n
As fans and supporters of the ace wrestler poured in their notes of support for Phogat, \u201c100 gm\u201d was a top trend on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor us Indians, you\u2019ve already won gold Vinesh,\u201d another user said.<\/p>\n
Vinesh Phogat, 29, had created history by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the gold medal bout in the event on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was found overweight by 100gm this morning. The rules do not allow this and she has been disqualified,\u201d said an Indian coach.<\/p>\n
The disqualification means that the feisty wrester from Haryana will end medal-less in the Games as international rules stipulate that any grappler found overweight at the time of weigh-in ends up at the bottom of the final standings.<\/p>\n
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