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Even aft rendering Vinesh Phogat ineligible to vie and serving her a show-cause notice, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has said that this is not the extremity of the roadworthy for the two-time World Championships medallist.
WFI president Sanjay Singh said Vinesh needed to spell done the procedure.
“This is not the extremity (of the roadworthy for her). Let her reply. A WFI committee volition beryllium formed. Whatever the committee decides, it volition beryllium informed to her. Even the roadworthy whitethorn unfastened for her,” Sanjay told The Hindu connected Tuesday.
Sanjay added Vinesh, who was recovered ineligible to marque a comeback astatine the Open Ranking lawsuit present connected Tuesday, would not beryllium eligible for the Asian Games trials successful Delhi connected May 30 arsenic well.
“In nary mode she tin enactment successful the Asian Games trials. She is not eligible to vie successful immoderate WFI event. Later, if she is eligible arsenic per the criteria, past she tin vie successful the trials for the World championships.”
About the timing of her ineligibility and show-cause, the WFI main said: “Whenever an jock approaches the federation to instrumentality portion successful a competition, the federation checks her eligibility lone then. As for the show-cause, she took status instantly aft (getting disqualified from) the Paris Olympics (for jumping the value bounds of 50kg). How tin I service a announcement to idiosyncratic who has retired? What astir warring successful 2 weights (at the trials)? Now she is putting the work connected the ad-hoc committee (which conducted the trials). When I asked her astir this, she grimaced. She is simply a elder athlete, she should cognize the rules.”
