Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat is within the information due to her battle in opposition to the present setup of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). The battle between the wrestlers and the federation has been happening for nearly a yr now. Vinesh returned her prestigious nationwide awards – Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna and Arjuna award – to the federal government and wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Vinesh did that to convey consideration of the PM to the wrestle of the wrestlers. Earlier Olympic medallists Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia had introduced retirement and returned Padma Shri award respectively after Sanjay Singh, an in depth aide of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, was elected because the chairman of WFI.
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Vinesh and Co acquired little or no help from the star Indian athletes. Cricketers like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma are but to talk on the matter. The likes of PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal amongst others have been mute on the continuing tussle between wrestlers and WFI. The solely elite athlete who has spoken on the wrestlers’ protest is Neeraj Chopra.
When the Delhi Police had detained the wrestlers from the protest web site, Neeraj had tweeted: “I feel sad after watching this. There has to be a better way to deal with this.” Neeraj comes from similar state because the protesting wrestlers which is Haryana. He is an in depth buddy of Vinesh. They each had been inducted into JSW Sports (sports activities wing of the JSW group that helps proficient Indian athletes) on the similar time. But not many individuals know that at one time, the the 2 had been romantically linked to one another.
__ _____ ____ ____ ___ __ ___ __ | There needs to be a greater strategy to cope with this. https://t.co/M2gzso4qjX
— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) May 28, 2023
During Asian Games 2018, Neeraj and Vinesh used to attend one another’s matches. Mid-Day had reported in 2018 how Neeraj made time to look at the 50kg ultimate between his buddy Vinesh and Japanese wrestler Yuki Irie. The report says that Neeraj had little or no time to make it the the wrestling area as he had a coaching session at different place within the night. “I had a training session just now, so I’m a little late, but I’m glad that I did not miss this final,” Neeraj had instructed the newspaper.
Neeraj had blushed, reported the paper, when requested if he knew Vinesh from earlier than the Asiad. To reply to this query, he mentioned we’re good pals and simply that. Earlier the identical yr, Vinesh had reportedly attended the boys’s javelin ultimate in Gold Coast whereby Neeraj clinched the gold medal.
Vinesh was pleasantly stunned when she was instructed by the media that Neeraj was watching her ultimate in Asian Games 2018. On being requested if Neeraj was his ‘fortunate attraction, Vinesh had mentioned, “Lucky charm jaisa kuch nahi hai. Hum sirf achche dost hai (there’s nothing like a lucky charm or anything, we’re just good friends),” she had mentioned.
But the rumoured relationship story didn’t final lengthy. As quickly as Vinesh landed in Delhi, she acquired engaged to boyfriend Somvir Rathi. The engagement occurred on the airport parking space, mentioned a report. “For the last 4-5 years, it has so been happening that I was losing bouts just before my birthday. This time, after securing the Asiad gold medal, we wanted to celebrate the win in a grand way. Thus, this engagement at the airport,” Vinesh was quoted as saying in Times of India.
