Bajrang Punia probably got carried away
Updated On: 18 August, 2024 07:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Sunil Gavaskar
If the wrestler is telling the country to go and buy a medal, he is trivialising not just the fight for Vinesh Phogat’s justice, but also those who have won medals. He himself has got a medal, so did he buy it for Rs 15?
Vinesh Phogat. Pic/Getty Images
The news that the sporting fraternity and sports lovers in the country dreaded came a couple of days before it was scheduled to be announced. The sole arbitrator for the CAS hearing the appeal made by Vinesh Phogat against her disqualification came out with a single line dismissing the appeal and with it dashing the hopes of millions of Indians who were expecting a silver medal.
What the country thought was a very minor transgression was still one in the eyes of the arbitrator and so the decision dashed a million hopes. The detailed order is not yet out at the time of writing and whether there will be another subsequent appeal against that remains to be seen, but for the moment it’s pure disappointment and sadness among the Indian sports lovers and its sporting fraternity.
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