Vinesh Phogat of India reacts after successful the match in opposition to Yui Susaki of Japan. (REUTERS)
Thought she may die, says Vinesh Phogat coach on weight-cut earlier than last
Vinesh Phogat’s coach on the Paris Video games, Woller Akos, has mentioned he feared that the wrestler “may die” by the tip of the five-and-a-half hours of intense weight-cut the evening earlier than the Olympic last.
Going through criticism after Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the 50-kg last for being 100g chubby, the Hungarian, in a social media submit on Thursday, mentioned the workforce did every little thing doable earlier than the second-day weigh-in in order that the wrestler might take the mat for the gold-medal bout.
In a Fb submit in Hungarian, which he later took down, Akos highlighted Vinesh Phogat’s dedication to safe her first Olympic medal. “After the semi-final, 2.7 kg of extra weight was left; we exercised for one hour and twenty minutes, however 1.5 kg nonetheless remained. Later, after 50 minutes of sauna, not a drop of sweat appeared on her. There was no alternative left, and from midnight to five:30 within the morning, she labored on totally different cardio machines and wrestling strikes, about three-quarters of an hour at one go, with two-three minutes of relaxation. Then she began once more. She collapsed, however by some means we received her up, and he or she spent an hour within the sauna. I don’t deliberately write dramatic particulars, however I solely keep in mind pondering that she may die,” Akos wrote. (READ MORE)