Vinesh Phogat Disqualified From Paris Olympics 2024: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann Meets Indian Wrestler’s Uncle Mahavir Phogat, Questions Coaches and Physiotherapists (Watch Video)
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann met Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s uncle Mahavir Phogat after her disqualification from the 50kg Women's Wrestling at Paris Olympics 2024.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann visited Mahavir Phogat, the uncle of Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat today in Charkhi Dadri, Haryana. Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from participating in the 50kg category of women's wrestling at the Paris Olympics 2024. She was found being overweight by approximately 100 grams over the permissible limit. During his meeting Mahavir Phogat, Mann questioned Vinesh's coaches and physiotherapists over the disqualification. "Such mistakes are happening on such a high level. Coaches and physiotherapists are paid in lakhs. Have they gone there for holidays?" Mann told Mahavir Phogat. "To check her weight was the work of her coaches and physiotherapists. Now, the decision has come. This injustice should have been stopped...Did they (The Centre) fix anyone's accountability at the time when our women wrestlers went to immerse their medals in the river...," he later said while speaking to media. Why Was Vinesh Phogat Disqualified from Paris Olympics 2024 Women's 50 Kg Wrestling Final? What Do Rules Say?
CM Bhagwant Mann Meets Vinesh Phogat’s Uncle in Haryana
#WATCH | Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann meets Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat's uncle Mahavir Phogat in Charkhi Dadri, Haryana
CM Mann says, "...such mistakes are happening on such a high level. Coaches and physiotherapists are paid in lakhs. Have they gone there for holidays?" pic.twitter.com/HssegHyHPU
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CM Bhagwant Mann Addressed Media
Charkhi Dadri, Haryana | On Vinesh Phogat's disqualification in the Paris Olympics, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann says"...I don't want to connect with this politics. But please tell me have the members of the Indian Olympic Association gone there on holiday? Indian Olympic Association… pic.twitter.com/Pw7NSW4WUJ
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