Vinesh Phogat CAS Verdict Live Updates: Legendary Indian men’s hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh believes that Vinesh Phogat deserves a medal after reaching the final of the women’s 50kg wrestling competition in Paris after being disqualified for being merely 100 gram over-weight.
The celebrated custodian, who retired from competitive sport after his second successive Olympic bronze medal, couldn’t even imagine himself in Vinesh’s position and said that he had no idea how he would have reacted to this kind of tragedy.
“There are two views, one being an athlete she deserves a medal, getting into the final, they snatched it from her, silver for sure. She was strong. If I was in her situation, I don’t what I would have done,” Sreejesh said at an interaction with PTI editors at its headquarters here on Tuesday.
“The next day before our bronze medal match I met her and she said ‘Bhai good luck, play well’. I felt like she was hiding her pain with that smile. She is a real fighter.”