Vinesh Phogat’s CAS Listening to On Olympic Silver Medal Ends, Attorneys Assured Of Constructive End result

Vinesh Phogat’s listening to in Paris on the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ended. The star Indian wrestler had appealed to the CAS after she was disqualified from the 50kg wrestling closing on the Paris Olympics for being 100 gram chubby. Earlier, Vinesh was assured of a silver medal after coming into the ultimate of 5okg with three convincing wins however the disqualification noticed her end exterior the medal bracket. Although Vinesh was throughout the permissible weight restrict on the primary day of the competitors, on the second day she was discovered to chubby and was excluded from the wrestling closing. 

Vinesh appealed the CAS, a global physique established in 1984 to settle disputes associated to sport by means of arbitration, for a shared silver. The listening to of the enchantment occurred on Friday and went on for 3 hours in Paris. 

Vinesh, who was represented by three French attorneys and a translator, was current on the listening to nearly. Additionally current had been attorneys Haris Salve and Vidushpat Singhania representing the Indian Olympics Affiliation (IOA). The United World Wrestling (UWW) had their lawyer too on the listening to.

Dr Annabelle Bennett AC SC (AUS), was the only arbitrator for CAS. She hear each events’ arguments patiently. Vinesh’s attorneys argued that the wrestlers disqualification was not proper. The CAS mentioned that there’s an working process for which it was taking time however added that the decision can be delivered quickly.    

Singhania informed NDTV that he was assured of a constructive final result. 

Earlier, the CAS had launched a press release on Vinesh Phogat. 

CAS Assertion On Vinesh Phogat’s Plea:

“An software was filed on the CAS Advert hoc Division at 16:45 CEST on 7 August 2024 by Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat (the Applicant) in relation to the choice taken by United World Wrestling (UWW) to exchange her, due to her failed second weigh-in, earlier than the gold medal match of the Girls’s Freestyle 50kg competitors on the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 that was because of begin at 18:15 CEST the identical day (the Challenged Resolution),” the assertion from the CAS, issued on Friday, learn.

“The Applicant initially sought a call from the CAS Advert hoc Division annulling the Challenged Resolution and ordering one other weigh-in earlier than the ultimate match in addition to a declaration that she be declared eligible and certified to take part within the closing.

“Nevertheless, she didn’t request pressing interim measures. The CAS Advert hoc Division process is quick, nevertheless it was not doable for a call on the deserves to be issued inside an hour, taking into consideration that the Respondent UWW would have needed to be heard first. The process is, nevertheless, ongoing and the Applicant has confirmed that she seeks the annulment of the Challenged Resolution and that she requests to be awarded a (shared) silver medal.”