Vidushpat Singhania, an advocate for the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), affirmed that there has just been a “single-line order has come” rather than a comprehensive order. To confirm that “the application field by Vinesh Phogat on 7 August has been dismissed,” CAS issued a statement on Wednesday. Vidushpat told a news source that the CAS had not provided a rationale for rejecting her appeal. He further mentioned that within 30 days, one may file an appeal against the decision made by CAS to the Swiss Federal Tribunal.
“No detailed order has come yet. Only a single-line order has come so far that her appeal has been dismissed. They have not cited a reason why has it been dismissed or why did they take so much time…We were both surprised and disappointed that a decision came last evening and her appeal was dismissed… We hope that the detailed order will come in 10-15 days… CAS decision can be appealed against at the Swiss Federal Tribunal within 30 days. The 30-day time will begin after a detailed order comes. Harish Salve is with us, he will guide us. We will sit with him, draft an appeal and file it…,” Vidushpat said.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) reports that the ruling was postponed to August 16 from its initial scheduled time of Tuesday, August 13 at 9:30 pm IST. On Wednesday, though, the decision was made public.
On August 7, Vinesh was supposed to compete against American Sarah Ann Hildebrandt for the gold medal. She went over the 50 kg weight limit before the August 7 final, and as a result, she was disqualified before the women’s 50 kg final. She was discovered to be 100 grammes over the allowed weight during the weigh-in.
Vinesh requested that she be given the silver medal in the 50 kg weight class after she was disqualified.
Vinesh wrote a heartfelt post on August 8 to declare her intention to retire from professional wrestling. “Maa kushti (wrestling) won against me, I lost. Forgive me, your dream and my courage have been broken. I don’t have any more strength now. Goodbye Wrestling 2001-2024. I will always be indebted to you all for forgiveness,” Phogat said in her post.
Hildebrandt secured the gold medal in the women’s 50kg freestyle wrestling after defeating Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez.
