Abhinav Bindra pens heartfelt observe for Vinesh Phogat as wrestler eyes gold medal

Abhinav Bindra shared a heartfelt observe for India’s Olympic hope – Vinesh Phogat after she cruised into the 50kg wrestler closing on Tuesday within the Paris Olympics 2024. Phogat has turn out to be India’s first-ever feminine athlete to achieve the wrestling closing and is now eyeing the gold medal.

A torn ligament. A decrease weight class. An unbeaten world champion. Nothing stands in her approach. Can’t wait to cheer Vinesh Phogat as she goes for gold. Your resilience and power encourage us all. What an inspiring day, right here’s hoping for yet one more!”, wrote Olympic Gold medalist Abhinav Bindra.

A torn ligament. A decrease weight class. An unbeaten world champion. Nothing stands in her approach. Can’t wait to cheer @Phogat_Vinesh as she goes for gold. Your resilience and power encourage us all. What an inspiring day, right here’s hoping for yet one more! 🌟🇮🇳 #Paris2024 #Wrestling… pic.twitter.com/3AZ56wKEEZ

— Abhinav A. Bindra OLY (@Abhinav_Bindra) August 6, 2024

Months earlier than her lengthy cherished dream of profitable an Olympic medal become actuality, Vinesh Phogat was livid, however unwavering within the face of intimidation, police detention, backlash from a protest she was spearheading, and a smear marketing campaign that sought to painting her in a detrimental mild.

As a substitute of sinking right into a miasma of despair, she unloaded on her detractors a torrent of offended responses, one thing that proved to be a blessing in disguise as she grew to become India’s first girl wrestler to achieve the finals of the Olympics after two failed makes an attempt over 12 years.

VINESH PHOGAT speaking to her mom after sealing the medal for India. ❤️

– Cutest second of the day…!!!! pic.twitter.com/W7qDAG0z1C

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) August 6, 2024

All alongside that tumultuous part, she was satisfied that her combat was simply and in that, she prevailed too.

Vinesh needed to drop all the way down to 50kg after competing in 53kg for greater than 5 years, there have been a number of points along with her trial bouts forward of the Olympic qualifiers, after which there was additionally the small matter of going by knee surgical procedure, years after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear on the 2016 Rio Olympics practically ended her profession.

For the feisty wrestler from Haryana whose street to the French capital was at all times riddled with hurdles, quite a bit was at stake. Mere mortals would have caved in, however she did not. As a substitute, she switched to prime gear. It was a mirrored image of all of the issues that went into the making of Vinesh Phogat.

Lastly, her extraordinary journey, from the road protests of Delhi to the rostrum in Paris, culminated in a historic medal, the color of which might be identified on Wednesday. For now, she has assured herself a silver.

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Aug 7, 2024 12:05 AM

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