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Delhi High Court pulled up Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) connected Friday (May 22, 2026) implicit determination to state wrestler Vinesh Phogat ‘ineligible’ to enactment successful home events.
The tribunal directed the Centre to signifier adept committee to measure Ms. Phogat to guarantee her information successful upcoming Asian Games enactment trials.
The WFI connected May 9, issued a show-cause announcement to the World championships medallist Ms. Phogat on antithetic grounds, including her nonaccomplishment to instrumentality to the weight regularisation astatine the Paris Olympics, anti-doping issues (multiple whereabouts failures) and participating successful 2 value categories during the trials for an Olympic qualifier.
The WFI said she could not beryllium allowed to compete due to the mandatory six-month announcement play that athletes request to service earlier returning from status nether anti-doping rules.
Ms. Phogat, who retired pursuing her disqualification from the 2024 Paris Olympics and gave commencement to a lad successful July past year, reversed her status determination connected December 12, 2025. A defiant Vinesh showed up astatine the National Open Ranking Tournament successful Gonda even though WFI had declared her ineligible. She has responded to the announcement and refused to backmost down contempt WFI’s strict position.
On Ms. Phogat’s instrumentality aft maternity break, Delhi HC remarked that WFI departure from past enactment criteria speaks volume, adding that motherhood is celebrated successful the country.
Whatever whitethorn beryllium the feud oregon dispute, wherefore should origin of wrestling suffer, wondered the Bench.
Recently, making a startling revelation Ms. Phogat said that she was among the six women wrestlers allegedly sexually harassed by erstwhile Wrestling Federation of India main Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh against whom she had participated successful the protestation by women wrestlers successful 2023.
(With PTI inputs)
