Oly medallist Sakshi speaks out on Vinesh debacle, seeks PM Modi’s help

NEW DELHI: Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik has travel retired successful enactment of chap wrestler Vinesh Phogat amid her quality with the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) implicit returning to competitory wrestling aft retirement.Vinesh precocious tried to vie astatine the National Open Ranking Tournament successful Gonda contempt the federation declaring her ineligible.

The WFI said wrestlers indispensable service a mandatory six-month announcement play earlier making a comeback nether anti-doping rules. However, Vinesh, who became a parent 10 months ago, has challenged the determination and refused to measurement away.Sakshi said she usually avoids governmental matters due to the fact that Vinesh is present a Congress MLA, but she felt the contented was bigger than politics.In a video shared connected societal media, Sakshi pointed retired that galore countries astir the satellite unbend rules to assistance women athletes proceed their careers aft motherhood.

“But our federation has travel up with rules to halt Vinesh from making a comeback,” Sakshi said.She appealed straight to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and the WFI to springiness Vinesh a just opportunity.“I would petition the Prime Minister, the Sports Minister and the WFI to instrumentality Vinesh's proceedings truthful that she tin besides triumph medals for the state and beryllium an illustration for women by winning medals aft becoming a mother,” she added.

Vinesh had retired aft a heartbreaking disqualification astatine the 2024 Paris Olympics, wherever she missed the value bounds by conscionable 100 grams earlier the final. Later, she entered authorities and became an MLA from Haryana’s Julana constituency.