In a poignant report from Paris, Indians living in the city share their deep sorrow and frustration over Vinesh Phogat's recent disqualification. Oneindia captures the emotional responses and reflections of the Indian community in Paris as they come together to discuss the impact of the disqualification on Phogat's career and their own sense of national pride. Discover their heartfelt reactions and the broader implications of this event in our detailed ground report.
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00:00I think somewhere the system also failed her.
00:21Let's see, let's hope, let's keep our fingers crossed if something can happen.
00:26Her journey, like what she faced in India just couple of months back with this protest and all that,
00:31how she was, you know, not treated that well.
00:34And now she has come out of that and actually, you know, went, became the first woman to go to the finals.
00:41And we were so proud and we were so excited about it.
00:45And the whole community was charged, super charged.
00:48And today, it's like all our, even the small kids that I've spoken to because I'm attached to the school kids also,
00:59they were messaging, Sir, how is this possible? How is this possible? How can they do that?
01:04You know, is there this thing and what were they doing?
01:07Her health team and all that, what were they doing? They didn't know about this thing.
01:12So it is heartbreaking and we don't know how to react actually.
01:17So all kinds of things are coming to our mind, including the conspiracy theory.
01:25Because we know that generally the Asians and the Indians, they are coming up and these Europeans,
01:32they are actually, you know, maybe they don't like it.
01:35I don't know what or maybe someone has conspired somewhere to get some point that she was not, you know,
01:43caught taking drugs or something like that.
01:45It is just a technical thing of 50 grams or 100 grams and all that.
01:49And this has never happened. We have not heard this thing from other players like this thing.
01:55I think somewhere the system also failed her.
01:59Every athlete keeps trying to maintain his weight.
02:03Because they are very smart players.
02:07They go to the level and they know how to maintain their weight.
02:12And they keep maintaining it.
02:14They play in the Asian Games, World Cup or Olympics with so many tournaments.
02:20So he has an idea of all that.
02:22But by mistake, somewhere there is a mistake.
02:25What can we say more than that?
02:28If there is a mistake, it is our loss.
02:31It is the loss of the medal.
02:33The Indian team lost the gold medal that they wanted.
02:39By bad luck, it is more for Fogat than for us that he lost his gold.
02:46Yes, correct.
02:47Yesterday, like every Indian was feeling very proud that she has qualified for the finals.
02:53And it was a great moment for all of us.
02:56But it is very unfortunate to hear that.
02:59It is very sad for her also and for all the Indians that she could not qualify because of some technical reasons.
03:08So regarding that, because the Indian Olympic Association is here,
03:14they are the correct person who are there to judge.
03:18I think what I read in the news, the Prime Minister also has talked to the Indian Olympic President P T Usha
03:25and told her to find the ways in which we can help.
03:28So let's hope if something happens.
03:31Otherwise, we are really feeling very bad.
03:34She was performing excellently very well.
03:37In semis also, she won 5-0.
03:40She beat previously the previous gold medalist of the Olympics.
03:46Let's see. Let's hope.
03:48Let's keep our fingers crossed if something can happen.
03:51I just saw in the news that Vinesh Fogat, the Indian wrestler, has been disqualified.
03:57And I felt very bad about that.
04:01It shouldn't have happened with him because she had reached the finals and she wanted to win gold.
04:06But suddenly, I don't understand.
04:09I think there is some conspiracy or something political.
04:13I don't know. Something is going wrong.
04:16In the last women's event, her weight increased by 100 grams.
04:19But the hand-jump was a little more than that.
04:23This is negligible.
04:26I will request the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi,
04:34to talk to the International Olympic Association and get this inquiry done.
04:43Because I think there is some conspiracy.
04:46It shouldn't have happened.
04:48Government of India and the Ministry of Sport should take this matter seriously.
04:55Otherwise, we are very sad.
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05:13I am Parvati Bhanot bringing you all the latest from Paris for One India.