Vinesh Phogat Health Update: Medical Officer, IOA Chief PT Usha Meet Wrestler In Hospital

Indian contingent's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Wednesday met with Wrestler Vinesh Phogat in hospital after she fell ill due to dehydration.

Reportedly Vinesh Phogat tried to lose weight overnight as disqualification from the Paris Olympic 2024 threat was looming over her due to being overweight, however, she could not defy it, It was learned that she worked out the whole night and did not consume anything to lose extra weight, still, she faced elimination as 100g weight was extra than 50kg mark.

After meeting Vinesh Phogat, CMO Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala said, "Her post-participation weight at the end of the semi-finals in the evening was found to be 2.7 kg more than the allowed weight. The team and the coach started off their usual process, which is of course limitation of water, no food. And you started with the whole process of sweating it out. Typically, you require some amount of time for that. But unfortunately, we didn't have too much time. We had just 12 hours. So the whole night, the entire team, went ahead with this whole process of trying to reduce her weight, putting her in a steam and sauna, making her exercise and whatever was medically possible."

"We tried our best to try and get that weight down. When she couldn't sweat anymore, we even had to go to some drastic measures like cutting off her hair...If we maybe had a few hours more we could have achieved that 100 grams, but we just didn't have that time. Now, once she was disqualified, then the question was as a precautionary measure we do need to rehydrate her and the best way to rehydrate an athlete is by giving an intravenous fluid."

"So we gave her a few intravenous fluids, and she started eating and drinking. She is perfectly normal physically and medically. We've got her blood tests done just as a precautionary measure"

IOA Chief PT Usha said, "We are doing our best. I am going to meet the World Wrestling Federation President also..."