India ended their campaign at the World Olympic Wrestling Qualifiers on May 12 with two Paris Olympics 2024 quotas, gained by wrestlers Aman Sehrawat and Nisha Dahiya in men's and women's wrestling each. Nisha and Aman took the number of…
New Delhi: Star wrestler Vinesh Phogat has urged the sports ministry and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to announce the time, date, venue and format of the trials with only three months left for the Paris Olympics. Vinesh, the face…
Phogat addressed the WFI, Sports Ministry, IOA and Sports Authority of India (SAI) with her plea on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, with just a couple of months left for the quadrennial event.
Vinesh, who secured a quota place in the women's 50kg category for India, took to Twitter and shared her concern with an open letter to the WFI, Sports ministry, IOA and Sports Authority of India (SAI).
The most successful woman wrestler from the country had no option but to switch the weight category to ensure that she does not miss the bus to Olympics.
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. This victory takes her a step closer to achieving her third successive Olympic spot. Though she has won the quota, it belongs to the country, instead of the individual, as per ESPN.
The 29-year-old Vinesh has now secured her third straight Olympic quota, having featured in the Rio Games (2016) and Tokyo (2020) earlier. It is also India's second quota place for the Paris Games as Antim Panghal had earned a quota in the…
The ace wrestler had earlier defeated Korea's Miran Cheon via technical superiority in the first round and later, got the better of Cambodia's Smanang Dit. Vinesh had a poor outing at the Tokyo Olympics and will look to put on an…
Vinesh, as is her wont, looked for that one opportunity to subdue her Korean rival and grabbed it after measuring Miran Cheon for about 30 seconds in her opening bout.
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Looking as dominant as ever, Vinesh Phogat made full use of an easy draw to demolish her opponents, placing herself one win away from securing a Paris Olympics quota, while Anshu Malik…
The 29-year-old Phogat, who won 53kg bronze medals in the 2019 and 2022 World Championships, will be competing in the 50kg category at the Asia Qualifiers beginning in Bishkek from Friday in a bid to seal a berth for the Paris Olympics.
As many as 36 quotas will be up for grabs in 18 weight categories across three disciplines -- freestyle, women and greco-roman -- during the event, with India representing in all but one weight category.
New Delhi: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Friday accused the WFI of trying to stop her from competing in the Olympic Qualifiers by creating logistical hurdles for her support staff, a charge vehemently denied by the federation which claimed…
Commonwealth Games and Asian Games gold medallist Vinesh Phogat has accused the WFI (Wrestling Federation of India) chief Sanjay Singh and the former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of trying every way possible to...
The IOA dissolved the wrestling ad-hoc panel citing there was no further requirement for the same after the suspension on WFI was lifted. Phogat and Malik urged the nation's premier to take strict measure to oust those at the country's…
New Delhi: Urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “do something” to oust “oppressors” like Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh from Indian sports, the protesting duo of Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik on Tuesday denounced the IOA’s decision to hand…