Vinesh Phogat often used to ponder why the destiny was hell bent on devastating her. Not any more. She has learnt to put her faith in the ‘Universe plans’. 

Now she is grateful that she could confront those challenges that eventually made her mentally stronger and more mature. She was one of India’s brightest hopes during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games but returned on a stretcher, suffering a knee injury against China’s Sun Yanan in her quarter-final bout.