NEW DELHI: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat will return to the competitive mat after almost seven months since her disastrous Tokyo Olympics campaign - she lost in the quarterfinals. She will take part at the United World Wrestling's (UWW) Yasar Dogu international meet in Istanbul from February 24 to 27, TOI has learnt.
"Vinesh had originally planned to return at the Matteo Pellicone ranking series tournament in Rome from February 4-7. But, the tournament was rescheduled to June by the UWW owing to the spread of Covid-19's omicron variant. Now, Vinesh will take part in the Istanbul meet," a WFI official informed. "Vinesh will not compete in her usual weight category of 53kg though. She will take part in 55kg. It could be a one-off decision," the official added.
