The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has forgiven Vinesh Phogat for her behaviour at the Tokyo Olympics and has said that the grappler is welcome to relinquish selection trials. “We have now forgiven Vinesh, she did wrong but she accepted her fault and as you recognize we usually scold our child reception so they obey us. Vinesh is additionally our child and that we welcome her to provide trials,” WFI President Brijbhushan Sharan Singh told ANI on the sidelines of an occurrence organised by the federation and Tata Motors.
The wrestling trials are slated to be persevered August 31.
Earlier, Vinesh Phogat had apologised to the WFI after the body temporarily suspended her over disciplinary issues at the recently-concluded Tokyo Olympics.
“She has sent an e-mail, the committee will see her response and it depends whether or not they are satisfied with it or not. The disciplinary committee will take the decision,” sources within the WFI had told ANI.
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The grappler had travelled to Tokyo from Hungary where she was training with coach Woller Akos. Upon arriving, she refused to remain and train with the opposite Indian team members.
Grappler Vinesh Phogat’s hopes of winning a decoration were dashed within the Games as her quarter-final opponent Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus lost within the semi-final of the Tokyo Olympics.
