Vinesh Phogat replied to the 'misbehavior' allegations by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) in an article in the Indian Express. The wrestler was suspended on grounds that she did not train with the Indian team and also did not follow the guidelines of training and jersey.
In the article, the wrestler has said about how she loves the sport but is not sure of continuing with it. After the article came out, the sports fraternity stood strongly in support of the wrestler. Vinesh's sister, Geeta Phogat, Cricketers Kuldeep Yadav and other athletes came ahead to support the wrestler after she wrote an heartfelt article about the 'discrimination' In WFI.
Kuldeep Yadav wrote: "You are a warrior and an athlete who never gives up. @Phogat_Vinesh you will be back stronger."
Vinesh's sister, and wrestler Geeta Phogat wrote: younger sister @Phogat_Vinesh, There are ups and downs in every walk of life, just keep moving forward without stopping and there is no need to worry about anything. Waiting to see you back on the wrestling mat. Paris Olympics is waiting for you."
Here are some tweets by other athletes and people from sports fraternity:
Vinesh Phogat is a champion wrestler who has won at least one medal in all major wrestling competitions around the world, except the Olympics. She sounded heartbroken after the loss and also from the way she has been treated by the WFI.
"I don’t know when I will return (to the mat). Maybe I won’t. I feel I was better off with that broken leg. I had something to correct. Now my body is not broken, but I’m truly broken," she concluded.