- August 13, 2024 12:23Follow the live updates from August 13
Vinesh Phogat CAS Hearing Verdict Highlights: Court of Arbitration for Sport defers verdict on India wrestler’s plea to August 16
LIVE Vinesh Phogat CAS Verdict, Paris 2024 Olympics: Catch all the live updates from the ongoing case between Vinesh and UWW at the Court of Arbitration for Sport after the wrestler was disqualified from the 50kg final.
- August 12, 2024 22:40Final verdict on Vinesh’s silver tomorrow!
The CAS will deliver its final verdict on Vinesh Phogat’s appeal on August 13. Stay tuned for the updates.
- August 12, 2024 19:15P.T Usha hits back at criticism towards Dr. Pardiwala
“The hate directed at the IOA medical team, especially Dr. Pardiwala, is unacceptable and worthy of condemnation, She (Usha) hope that those rushing to judge the IOA medical team would consider all facts before arriving at any conclusions.”
- August 12, 2024 18:17P.T Usha defends IOA medical team
The IOA president said that association appointed a medical team a couple of months ago, primarily as a team that would assist in the recovery and injury management of athletes during and after their competition. This team was also designed to support athletes who did not have their own team of nutritionists and physiotherapists.
- August 12, 2024 17:20P.T Usha puts onus athlete and coach to make weight
“The responsibility of weight management of athletes in sport like wrestling, weightlifting, boxing and judo is that of each athlete and his or her coach and NOT that of the IOA-appointed Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala and his team,” the IOA statement issued on Sunday read.
- August 12, 2024 16:04Can Vinesh cap her career off with the medal? All eyes on CAS!
- August 12, 2024 15:16What will happen if Vinesh wins the case against UWW?
This will be a historic judgement if the CAS rules in Vinesh’s favour. Her appeal is for the disqualification to be retracted and for a joint-silver to be awarded for her making the gold medal bout and following the rules.
She made weight on the morning of the first day of the competition and ended up missing the weight on the second day by a whisker — a little over 100g.
If CAS decides to rule in Vinesh’s favour, she will be awarded a joint-silver in the women’s 50kg freestyle category. This is unprecedented in wrestling.
- August 12, 2024 14:45Why did Vinesh play in the 50kg category to begin with? Here’s why:
- August 12, 2024 14:19WHO IS FIGHTING VINESH’S CASE?
Vinesh’s legal team has French lawyers Joelle Monlouis, Estelle Ivanova, Habbine Estelle Kim and Charles Amson who helped her and IOA during the filing of the application. They have been provided to her by the Paris Bar and are handling the case pro bono.
In addition, senior counsels Harish Salve and Vidushpat Singhania have also been roped in to oversee the case. Salve served as the Solicitor General of India from 1999 to 2003. He also represented India before the International Court of Justice in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case.
- August 12, 2024 13:55Jon Selvaraj with an explainer of all events
- August 12, 2024 13:27Prominent cases which which CAS already heard during Paris 2024 Olympics
CASE 2
Defending champion Canadian women’s football team’s staff flew drones over New Zealand’s training sessions before its opening match. Canada was docked six points, while coach Bev Priestman and officials Joseph Lombardi and Jasmine Mander were banned from any football-related activity for one year by FIFA.
Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Soccer appealed against the decision and asked for the cancellation or reduction in points deducted. CAS rejected the appeal.
- August 12, 2024 13:21Prominent cases which which CAS already heard during Paris 2024 Olympics
CASE 1
CAS rejected the appeal by Brazilian Olympic Committee and Brazilian Football Confederation regarding women’s player Marta, who had received a straight red card during the match against Spain and thus, got a two-match suspension.
Brazil appealed for the suspension to be reduced to one game so that she could play in the semifinals but CAS rejected it.
- August 12, 2024 13:12LATEST UPDATE: USA Gymnastics submits video evidence to the CAS
Paris Olympics 2024: USA Gymnastics says video proves Chiles should keep bronze
USA Gymnastics submitted video evidence to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Sunday that it said proves Jordan Chiles should get to keep the bronze medal she won in the artistic gymnastics floor exercise at the Paris Olympics.
- August 12, 2024 13:10Gold medallist Rei Higuchi with words of support
- August 12, 2024 12:23Lalovic says UWW wants wrestlers to participate in their natural weight
“We should be more strict on that because we have a problem that you are living in this moment. The wrestlers are losing too much weight, and it’s not good for their health. Many have seen their interest at the moment, but they don’t see what happens in 20–30 years. We want athletes to compete in their natural weight. That’s the idea. This is when they make the best performances.”
“Unfortunately, it’s a second case here. We had an Italian wrestler the previous day who didn’t make the weight, and she didn’t compete,” said Lalovic.
“If you allow this 100 grams, then you would be allowed 200 grams. There is no end.”
- August 12, 2024 11:54Thomas Bach about the prospect of joint-silver:
“No, if you ask in such a general way. But allow me to comment on this individual case. There the regulations of the international federation have to be followed and the international federation, United World Wrestling (UWW), was taking this decision.”
“Looking at the federation or anybody to take such a decision, when and where do you make the cut? Do you say with 100gms, we give it but with 102(gms), we don’t give it anymore?”
“What do you do then in sports where you have differences of one-thousandths of a second (in track events). Do you also then apply such deliberations?” he added.
- August 12, 2024 11:29Listen to the comments by WFI Chief Sanjay Singh
- August 12, 2024 10:29LATEST UPDATE: IOA’s statement defends Dr. Pardiwala; puts onus on Vinesh
- August 12, 2024 10:28A lowdown on the case so far
- August 12, 2024 10:27What will happen if CAS rules against Vinesh?
Sports law expert Vidushpat Singhania, who is now assisting the IOA on this case with CAS, had this to say about a negative verdict coming Vinesh’s way,
“Technically, you can appeal a decision of CAS in the Swiss courts. But your chances of success are very low because it has to be against public policy. The appeal can only be made on the grounds that a fair process was not followed, which is unlikely. Hence, on can assume that the CAS verdict is final.
- August 12, 2024 10:27BIG QUESTION
If CAS decides not to change the medal decisions, could CAS reinstate Vinesh’s wins in the preliminary stages? Her disqualification made her wins null and void, especially the stunning victory over top seed Yui Susaki.
- August 12, 2024 10:26Story so far - Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification
The medals for the women’s 50kg freestyle category have been given out in the 2024 Paris Olympics, but the event has not been put to rest just yet. Vinesh Phogat, who was disqualified from the gold medal bout due to missing the required weight by 100g, has moved the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) ad-hoc panel sitting in Paris to consider awarding her joint-silver for her run to the final clash.
The hearing in this case was scheduled for Friday, August 9, with both parties — Vinesh’s legal counsel and United World Wrestling — set to make their arguments. But the date of the final verdict has now been pushed to August 13, Tuesday, two days afte the formal closing of the Games.
- August 12, 2024 10:24Vinesh Phogat’s CAS appeal: August 12
Welcome to live updates from Vinesh Phogat’s appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport where she has moved the ad-hoc committee against her disqualification in the women’s 50kg category.
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