Star Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who had seemed to be on their way to a gold medal in the women's 50kg freestyle wrestling event at the Paris 2024 Olympic games, has now retired from the sport.
Dramatic scenes unfolded on Wednesday, the morning after her stunning run to the final, when she was deemed to have been over her weight limit for the event.
It meant immediate disqualification, not just from the gold medal match but also from the entire tournament. It meant she would not even get a silver medal.
Incidentally, she had met the weight limit the day before and competed in the first three bouts.