00:00Due to overweight, he has been disqualified.
00:05According to us, it's not Vinesh's fault.
00:10It's the fault of the supporting staff.
00:12You can understand that whoever loses the gold medal,
00:16what will happen to his mental strength.
00:18What is the situation with respect to Vinesh Phogat
00:21and the wrestling federation of India's stand on this issue?
00:24What's going on in Paris?
00:26The situation is that due to overweight,
00:31he has been disqualified.
00:33The WFI has sent a mail to the UWW and the organizing committee
00:41and requested them to give us a chance.
00:45But there has been no response.
00:49Our meeting with the UWW president will take place
00:51after the first session of wrestling.
00:54Sir, what time is your meeting?
00:56And what is your hope that UWW will give an exemption
01:00in favour of India?
01:02Hope is not just UWW.
01:04There is the IOC and the organizing committee.
01:07So, there is very little hope.
01:09Because the wrestlers who lost to him
01:12were put in the draws for their wrestling.
01:17So, there is very little hope.
01:19But we cannot stop trying until the end.
01:23Sir, according to you, where did this mistake happen?
01:25Because despite winning a medal,
01:28being disqualified in the final bout is a big deal.
01:32According to us, the mistake of Vinesh is not a mistake.
01:37It is the mistake of the supporting staff.
01:40The people whom Vinesh considered supporting staff,
01:43whom he had faith in, were sent.
01:48They were sent by the Indian government.
01:50And when a wrestler is in the line for a medal,
01:54he pays full attention to his practice.
01:57Sir, are you talking about the supporting staff?
02:00Did Vinesh choose them himself or the federation or the government?
02:03No, no. He chose them himself.
02:06And then the Indian government sent them.
02:10Sir, there are reports that Vinesh has been hospitalized
02:14due to dehydration.
02:16No, no. There are no reports.
02:17He practiced a little in the morning to lose weight.
02:22Because of that, he had a little dehydration for 10-20 minutes.
02:26Then he was treated at a good facility, a hospital.
02:31Okay.
02:32Can you talk to Vinesh about how he coped up with the situation?
02:36No, no. I have not been able to talk to him.
02:39He is not in a condition to talk now.
02:41You can understand that the person who loses the gold medal,
02:44what will happen to that person's mental health?
02:47Sir, my last question to you would be that
02:49a lot of things are coming out in India right now.
02:52A lot of people are coming and giving it a political angle
02:56that it could have been done on purpose.
02:59A few months ago, Vinesh made some statements
03:01against the Wrestling Federation of India.
03:03So what can WFI do on purpose in the village?
03:09They have their own supporting staff.
03:11If there was a WFI staff, then it could have been accepted once.
03:15So what can WFI do in that?
03:17So according to you, all this has become a big list.
03:20This is a political issue in our country.
03:22We play less on sports and play on politics.
03:24This is what we say that if politics is removed from sports,
03:27then the number of medals will continue to increase.
03:30I understood, sir.
03:32And the last thing, after identifying this,
03:36where was the mistake of the supporting staff?
03:38Where did it go wrong?
03:40This is also an angle, sir.
03:42If Vinesh had said that he is injured
03:44and he does not go for the weigh-in,
03:46then maybe he would have got the silver.
03:48Why didn't he do that?
03:49No, no, no.
03:50The rule is that if he is injured,
03:53it is like if he gets injured while playing.
03:56Yes.
03:57Tomorrow.
03:58Then he would have got it.
04:00The rest of the weight would have been there.
04:02Okay.
04:03Whatever happened according to the rules.
04:05Absolutely.
04:06Nothing has gone out of the rules.
04:09I understood, sir.
04:10So, we all hope from our side that the result is in our favor.
04:15Absolutely.
04:16We will try till the last minute.
04:18Why should we stop in the process?
04:20Okay.
04:21Thank you, sir.
04:22Thank you very much.
