Anand Mahindra on Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification: No, No, No…

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the ladies’s 50kg freestyle closing on the Paris Olympics. Vinesh was about 100 grams over through the weigh-in. The sudden disqualification of Phogat has the nation in shock together with her supporters expressing grief and anger.
Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra took to microblogging platform X (previously generally known as Twitter) to precise his disappointment.In a submit on X, Mahindra wrote “NO! NO! NO! Please make this a foul dream that I’ll get up from and discover it isn’t true…”
Examine Anand Mahindtra’s submit right here

How X customers reacted

Commenting on Mahindra’s submit, a consumer on X wrote “It is unlucky to listen to about Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from the Girls’s Wrestling 50kg class resulting from a slight weight challenge. Respecting her privateness, the Indian staff stays centered on the continuing competitions”.
“It appears her weight is 100 g extra in 50kg class,” stated one other. “Hope weight measuring machines are correctly calibrated at Olympics for accuracy,” commented a 3rd.
“Huge heartbreak for Vinesh Phogat and staff India. She was unstoppable, she ensured at the very least a silver for India, however now she’s disqualified due to weighing a number of grams over 50 KG. A merciless finish of Vinesh Phogat on the Paris Olympics,” wrote one other.
Phogat had entered the Gold Medal bout after beating Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez 5-0 within the semi-finals on Tuesday night time. Her disqualification was introduced by the Indian Olympic Affiliation earlier as we speak.
“It’s with remorse that the Indian contingent shares information of the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the Girls’s Wrestling 50 kg class. Regardless of the most effective efforts by the staff by way of the night time, she weighed in a number of grams over 50 kg this morning. No additional feedback can be made by the contingent presently. The Indian staff requests you respect Vinesh’s privateness. It want to concentrate on the competitions available,” the assertion learn.