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TOI Sports Desk | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

'For us, Vinesh Phogat is a star, will always be': Indian sporting fraternity as CAS rejected her Olympic disqualification appeal

NEW DELHI: The Indian sporting community expressed disappointment at the Court of Arbitration for Sport's (CAS) decision to reject wrestler Vinesh Phogat's appeal against her Olympic disqualification. On Wednesday, the ad-hoc division of CAS rejected Vinesh's appeal after she was disqualified from the Paris Olympics 50kg final for being 100 grams overweight, ending her hopes of securing a belated silver medal.

"It's disappointing but we can't do anything about that," hockey legend PR Sreejesh, who recently retired after helping the Indian team win a second consecutive Olympic bronze medal in the Paris Games, told PTI Videos.

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