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After Paris Olympics heartbreak, Vinesh Phogat back on wrestling mat, eyes LA Olympics: "Will tell my son I did this"
December 13, 2025 8:01 am
Vinesh had made it to the final of the 50kg wrestling event at Paris Olympics, but on the day of the final, she failed to make weight. That not only prevented her from competing in the final, but also meant that she would be disqualified from the event itself
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat gives birth to baby boy
July 01, 2025 8:48 pm
“Vinesh gave birth to a baby boy this morning at a private hospital in Delhi. Both Vinesh and the baby are fine. It's the biggest joy for the whole family,” Harvinder Phogat, Vinesh’s elder brother, told The Indian Express.
Not government job or land plot, Vinesh Phogat opts for Rs 4 crore award from Haryana admin
April 10, 2025 1:00 pm
Under its sports policy, the Haryana government offers a deputy director-level post within its sports department to outstanding sportspersons, including Olympians.
Haryana's Saini government to extend benefits equivalent to Olympic silver medallist, to Paris hero Vinesh
March 27, 2025 10:54 pm
The state's BJP Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said he was fulfilling earlier promise of never allowing Vinesh's honour to diminish as she was "Haryana's daughter" and the wrestler-turned-Congress legislator would be extended rewards for her Paris performance.
Wrestler-turned-politician Vinesh Phogat now fights for a women college for 73 villages of her Assembly constituency
March 12, 2025 1:07 am
When the minister reiterated that an alternative arrangement already existed in Julana, Phogat countered that a co-educational college was not a sufficient solution
Vinesh Phogat announces pregnancy in social media post
March 06, 2025 6:56 pm
Vinesh had retired from wrestling after her heartbreak at the Paris Olympics 2024, where she was disqualified for missing the weight ahead of the final.
'Julana mange gold': Vinesh Phogat supporters eye a big win, flag her protest, Olympic blow
October 06, 2024 7:23 am
Julana saw a high turnout where the wrestler and Cong candidate is caught in a fight with BJP’s Captain Yogesh Kumar and JJP’s sitting MLA Amardeep Dhanda
Dangal 2.0: How ‘fearless’ Vinesh Phogat’s election campaign is shaping up
September 22, 2024 7:42 pm
Vinesh Phogat is many things to many people: the face of Indian wrestling and the face of protest. But for the women of Haryana’s Julana Assembly constituency, she is what they want their young girls to be — fearless.
Vinesh Phogat: 'There is no need to even check the weight again of those who have reached the final'
September 20, 2024 6:34 pm
The international governing body’s president, Nenad Lalovic, insisted they won’t revise the rules based on this one incident at the time of the incident
Wrestler-turned-politician Vinesh Phogat: 'Brij Bhushan is surviving because of political power ... we also have to be powerful'
September 18, 2024 10:38 pm
In conversation with The Indian Express, Vinesh Phogat speaks about her heartbreak during 2024 Paris Olympics and her political aspirations
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