Vinesh Phogat returned heartbroken from the Paris Olympics after being denied a medal following a failed weigh-in ahead of her gold-medal match. More than a month after that episode, which also forced Vinesh to announce her retirement from the sport, she joined Congress to launch her career in politics.
Vinesh weighed 100gm over her freestyle category of 50kg and was thus eliminated from the Paris Games after reaching the final. Her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a joint silver medal was also dismissed.
