7Photo© sports.ndtv.comHaryana government to treat Phogat at par with an Olympic silver medallist: Chief Minister Nayab Saini
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The Haryana government will felicitate wrestler Vinesh Phogat -- who was disqualified from the Olympics for being overweight ahead of her gold medal bout in the 50 kg category -- like a medallist, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Thursday.
She will be offered the same reward that the state government offers to Olympic Games silver medallists, the chief minister added.
Phogat on Thursday bid adieu to her international wrestling career, saying she did not have the strength to continue.
“ Mother Wrestling has won the final bout and I have lost. Forgive me, your dreams, and my courage, everything is broken. I don’t have the strength anymore,
Vinesh Phogat,
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