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TOI Sports Desk | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

Vinesh Phogat backed out? Lawyer Harish Salve reveals what happened after CAS verdict on Paris Olympics controversy

Former India wrestler Vinesh Phogat recently blamed Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and its president, PT Usha, for not offering her support and playing politics at the Paris Olympics after she was disqualified on the morning of her gold-medal match. However, top lawyer Harish Salve, has revealed that Vinesh didn't want to "carry this any further" after her appeal against disqualification was dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Salve represented the IOA at the CAS hearing, afer Vinesh had appealed to be given a joint silver medal. She made it to the final in her third Olympic appearance, but was disqualified from the women's 50kg freestyle competition. Vinesh was found 100gm overweight on the second weigh-in despite her overnight efforts to lose the extra kilos.

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