Vinesh returns to the mat, eyes medal at 2028 Games

STAR WRESTLER VINESH PHOGAT on Friday announced that she would be coming out of retirement to take another shot at an elusive Olympic medal at the 2028 Los Angeles Games as the “the fire never left” her and was merely buried under “exhaustion and noise”.

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The 31-year-old had walked away from the sport after the heartbreak of the Paris Games last year, where she was dramatically disqualified for being 100 g over the permissible weight limit ahead of her 50-kg category gold medal bout.

She had appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), seeking a joint silver medal, but the verdict remained unchanged, leading her to announce her retirement and join politics to be elected as an MLA from Haryana’s Julana constituency.