Vinesh Phogat’s Lawyer Vidushpat Singhania: ‘Very Hopeful of a Favourable Verdict’ |

The Indian Olympic Association and Vinesh Phogat’s lawyer Vidushpat Singhania exclusively revealed to CNN-News18 that the ad-hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will announce their verdict on August 13 with the ‘deadline extended till August 11 for filing additional documents’.

“Our efforts have been much lesser compared to what Vinesh has achieved with her strong performance at the games,” Vidushpat Singhania told CNN-News18.

The seasoned lawyer though refused to comment on IOA and Vinesh’s legal strategy but said: “Very hopeful of a favourable verdict.”

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The 29-year-old was disqualified for being 100gm overweight at the time of weigh-in for the women’s 50kg freestyle final on Wednesday.

The Games will close on Sunday with a ceremony at Stade de France, which was the venue for track and field events.

The CAS ad-hoc division, set up, especially for dispute resolution during the Games, had accepted Vinesh’s appeal against her ouster on Friday.

The Indian demanded that she be given a joint silver medal with Cuban wrestler Yusneylis Guzman Lopez, who had lost to Vinesh but was later promoted to the final following the Indian’s disqualification.

American Sarah Hildebrandt won the gold after defeating Lopez in the title clash.

Vinesh was represented by high-profile senior advocates Harish Salve and Vidushpat Singhania.

Crestfallen after being disqualified, the world championships bronze-medallist announced her retirement on social media.

The United World Wrestling has already made it clear that it was not in favour of making an exception for her although it could consider reforms in rules at a later time.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach held a similar view.

(With inputs from Agencies)

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