New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, known for his eloquent use of English vocabulary, posted a message in Hindi on Thursday for wrestler Vinesh Phogat after she announced her retirement from the sport.
Phogat made the announcement a day after she was disqualified and missed out on the opportunity to win a medal at the Paris Olympics.
“Iss system se pak gyi hai ye ladki, ladte ladte thak gyi hai ye ladki (This girl is fed up with the system. She is tired of fighting),” Tharoor wrote on X.
Vinesh Phogat made history on Tuesday by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the final at an Olympics.
She first defeated defending world and Olympic champion Yui Susaki from Japan, the first international loss of her career. Later, she beat Cuba’s Yusneylys Guzman 5-0 in the semi-final match.
However, Phogat was disqualified from the Paris Olympics after weighing in a few kilograms over her 50kg weight division in Wednesday morning’s weigh-in.
“Wrestling beat me, I lost…please forgive me ..your dream. My courage, everything is broken. I don’t have any more strength left in me. Goodbye wrestling 2001-2024. I will always be indebted to you all..sorry.,” she wrote while announcing her retirement on X.
