The 31-year-old quit after the heartbreak of the Paris Games last year, where she was dramatically disqualified for being 100 grams over the permissible weight limit ahead of her 50kg gold medal bout.

In the previous year, Phogat drew curtains on her wrestling career after being disqualified in the 50 kg freestyle title clash in the Paris Olympics. She advanced to the final after defeating Cuba`s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez 5-0 in the semi-finals