Vinesh Phogat was on the verge of creating historical past on the Paris Olympics 2024 however has now been disqualified from the finals for being ‘obese.’ Minutes after the announcement, a number of Bollywood stars, together with Farhan Akhtar, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, and Vicky Kaushal, took to their social media to indicate help for the wrestler.
Preity Zinta tweeted, “Pricey @Phogat_Vinesh You’re pure Gold to each Indian rooting for you. A champion of champions & a hero to all the ladies of India. I’m so sorry for the way issues turned out for you. Chin up & be robust. Life is just not all the time truthful 💔 Robust instances don’t final however powerful individuals do. Want I might provide you with a decent hug proper now & let you know that we’re So Happy with you. Come again stronger & extra energy to you ❤️🇮🇳❤️ #heartbroken #champion #parisolympics2024.”
Pricey @Phogat_Vinesh You’re pure Gold to each Indian rooting for you. A champion of champions & a hero to all the ladies of India. I’m so sorry for the way issues turned out for you. Chin up & be robust. Life is just not all the time truthful 💔 Robust instances don’t final however powerful individuals do. Want I… pic.twitter.com/xuFS4l12GN
— Preity G Zinta (@realpreityzinta) August 7, 2024
Alia Bhatt took to her Instagram Tales and wrote, “Vinesh Phogat you’re an inspiration to the complete nation. Nothing can take away your resilience, nothing can take away your braveness and nothing can take away the hardships you’ve got been by way of to create historical past! Immediately you have to be heartbroken to say the least and we’re heartbroken with you. However lady you’re gold- you’re iron and you’re metal! Nothing can take that away from you! A champion for the ages! There is no such thing as a one such as you.”

Samantha Ruth Prabhu shared Phogat’s viral image from the match and wrote, “At instances, probably the most resilient people encounter the hardest obstacles. Keep in mind that you’re not alone, a better energy is watching over you. Your exceptional means to persist within the midst of difficulties is really admirable.We’ll all the time stand by you thru all of your highs and lows. 🙏💪🏼✨@vineshphogat.
Farhan Akhtar shared an image of Vinesh, and wrote within the caption, “Pricey @vineshphogat .. One can solely try to think about how devastated you have to be however nonetheless not absolutely perceive. Heartbroken for you that the hunt ended like this. However please know that we’re all very pleased with you and all you could have executed for the game. You’ll all the time be a champion and an inspiration to tens of millions. Preserve your chin up.”
Vicky Kaushal took to his Instagram Tales and wrote, “A winner past medals! (Indian flag and purple coronary heart emoticons)”. Taapsee Pannu took to her Instagram Tales and wrote: “That is heartbreaking however actually this lady has already made her mark past gold by now!” Sonakshi Sinha wrote on her Instagram Tales, “Unbelievable! I can’t think about how you feel now and do not know what to say besides you have been, are and can all the time will probably be a champion.”

Vinesh had scripted historical past by turning into the primary Indian lady wrestler to achieve the gold medal bout within the occasion on Tuesday night time. Sadly, she was discovered 100-150 grams over the permissible restrict and therefore was disqualified. In keeping with studies, she was two kilograms above her weight the earlier night time and didn’t sleep, attempting the whole lot in her capability to fulfill the eligibility standards – from jogging to skipping and biking. She fainted because of dehydration minutes after she was disqualified and is now hospitalized.
