Tendulkar praises sports ethics of Vinesh Phogat, advocates for silver medal at Olympics
Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar expressed solidarity with Vinesh Phogat who was disqualified from Olympics wrestling finals event, a few hours before the finals. He took to X, on Friday, to call the situation an 'umpire's call' and demanded Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), a sports dispute court based in Lausanne, Switzerland, that she be handed over a silver medal.
"Every sport has rules and those rules need to be seen in context, maybe even revisited at times. Vinesh Phogat qualified fair and square for the finals. Her disqualification by weight, was before the finals, and hence, for her to be robbed of a deserving silver medal defies logic and sporting sense", he said in the post.
Stressing on her unblemished sportsmanship throughout the event, Tendulkar said that disqualification of an athlete was acceptable only if he or she had breached sports ethics by any unacceptable behavior like usage of performance enhancing drugs. "In that case, to not be awarded any medal and be placed last would be justifiable. However, Vinesh bet her opponents fairly to reach the top two. She definitely deserves a silver medal", he said. Tendulkar also solicited prayers for Vineesh Phogat to get the recognition she deserves, while awaiting the verdict of the CAS.
After defeating previous Olympics champion Yui Susaki of Japan, Phoghat was scheduled to fight US wrestler Sarah Hildebrandt in her last match on Wednesday. However, she was denied the chance for being 100g overweight for the 50 kg category in which she fought.
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KKR defeat LSG via Super Over
Lucknow (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders edged Lucknow Super Giants via Super Overs in a battle between two bottom-placed teams in the IPL, here on Sunday.
Chasing a modest 156, LSG suffered a batting collapse and managed to tie the contest and take it to Super Over with No. 9 Mohammed Shami striking a last-ball six against a wayward Kartik Tyagi, who leaked 16 runs in the final over.
But Sunil Narine bowled a stunning Super Over conceding just one run and taking two wickets to give KKR an easy target.
Rinku Singh then finished the chase with a boundary off first ball from Prince Yadav.
Earlier the KKR were in deep trouble with 93/7 in 15 overs but Rinku smashed a sensational 83 not out from 51 balls including four sixes in a row in the final over to lift them to 155/7.
Cameron Green (34) was the only other batter to reach double-digit scores as KKR suffered a familiar batting meltdown with Mohsin taking his maiden fifer.
In reply, LSG continued their dismal show with the bat to succumb to their fifth loss in a row.
Brief Scores:
Kolkata Knight Riders 155/7; 20 overs (Rinku Singh 83 not out, Cameron Green 34; Mohsin Khan 5/23). Lucknow Super Giants 155/8; 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 42). KKR won via Super Over.
