Olympics 2024 : Why did Vinesh Phogat announce her retirement?

 Indian female wrestler Vinesh Phogat announced her retirement on August 8 at 5:17 am. She informed her ex about this. Vinesh Phogat has retired from wrestling after being disqualified from the final of Paris Olympics 2024. She missed playing the final match due to gaining 100 grams of weight before the final.

Why did Vinesh Phogat announce her retirement?

Vinesh is the real champion of India, who has faced many failures in her career. Something similar happened to her on August 7, where she was disqualified from the Paris Olympics 2024 due to a weight gain of 100 grams.

This broke Vinesh Phogat from inside and on the morning of August 8, when everyone was sleeping, at 5:17 am, Indian female wrestler Vinesh (Vinesh Phogat Retirement) announced her retirement from her ex.

Vinesh must have taken this decision with a heavy heart, because only Vinesh can understand what situation she is going through at this time after being disqualified. Her saying goodbye to wrestling is quite shocking news for the fans.

Vinesh Phogat said goodbye to wrestling

Indian female wrestler Vinesh Phogat will no longer be seen on the wrestling mat. She announced her retirement by posting about her ex. Vinesh Phogat, who has participated for India in three Olympics, while announcing her retirement wrote that mother, wrestling won over me, I lost, forgive me, your dream, my courage, all broke down and now I have no more strength. Goodbye wrestling 2001-2024, I will always be indebted to all of you, forgive me.

Wrestling Career of Vinesh Phogat

Considered one of India's best wrestlers, Vinesh Phogat was born in 1994. Vinesh's uncle Mahavir Singh introduced Phogat and her sister Babita Phogat to wrestling at a very young age. Vinesh followed in the footsteps of her cousins ​​Geeta and Babita, who lost their father when she was just 9 years old. Vinesh's uncle started teaching wrestling to both the sisters and both of them tried every possible way to learn the sport.

Vinesh Phogat won her first major international title at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She won the gold medal and had a great start to her career. She then reached the quarter-finals of the 2016 Rio Olympics, but failed to win a medal during that time. In 2018, she won gold at the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games.

After winning her first gold medal at the 2021 Asian Championships, she remained a part of the Tokyo Olympics. Then in the Commonwealth Games 2022, she won the gold medal for the third consecutive time.