But why the previous match result won't be taken into account? She won that fair and square right? Her weight was within the rules for that match correct?
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Olympics Paris 2024
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Northstar
From what I've read sticking to the weight category is the responsibility of the athlete concered with penalties can be levied by the sports association for failing to do so.
anmolkumar10
Contributor
So what are those dieticians for? Player should go alone to the Olympics instead of wasting taxpayer's money on the team.
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Northstar
Support staff
But what do they support if not the player ? What are their responsibilities ?
While I understand that the onus is on the player, the support staff should have done better.
anmolkumar10
Contributor
It's not about failing weight test normally before the event.
She was 49.9 kgs a day before and suddenly gaining weight. This is incompetence from the team.
She gained more than 2 kgs in a day. Even after whole night workout, drewing out blood, she failed by 100 gms.
What was the team doing in the meanwhile?
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Northstar
Her weight class in this competition is 50kg.
If she was 49.9 the day before and over by a 100gms it means she gained 200 gms. Not 2kg
anmolkumar10
Contributor
She gained 2 kgs. She cut down the weight by about 1.9 kgs overnight.
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Northstar
What's your source for this claim
Mukeshmeena
Explorer
It's true.
technomad
Contributor
Absolutely. Saw some people say she had an unfair advantage during the previous matches because of her weight.
But she was perfectly legal in the matches she was allowed to play.
variablevector
Forerunner
This is run of the mill stuff for contact sports. In UFC/MMA/Boxing, weight cutting is pretty common and athletes will put themselves through insane levels of dehydration to reduce water weight and just barely meet the maximum for their weight class. People have died attempting it. I don't think dieticians can help you with this -- it's more of an extreme tactic done to gain any silver of an advantage. They do this because every kilogram of mass you have on your opponent is a significant advantage.
I'm sure her competitors were doing the same. It's such a tragedy she missed it by that small of a margin though.
I'm sure her competitors were doing the same. It's such a tragedy she missed it by that small of a margin though.
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Northstar
Sounds about level. Common sense answers but with some people that is not credible. If you dress it up as a CT then it will be and go viral.
Body building as well
I've never paid much attention to this sport but because there was a lot of hype i watched the earlier bouts. Its full on grappling and extremely quick.
I understood why the women who lost to her looked so stunned. Your dreams can be over in a blink of an eye. Because of a wrong split second decision that the opponent seized on and then you're pinned down. Just like that
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technomad
Contributor
Really great answers to most of my questions.
Very unfortunate. I just hope she recovers well. The rules are there. Can't do nothing about it.
anmolkumar10
Contributor
A member of her team told Sportstar, "Her normal weight is 57 kg, and she did everything to drop down to 50 kg. She was 49.9 kg yesterday (Tuesday) morning, but as soon as she had even a small meal, her weight bounced back to at least 53 kg. She needed to reach this weight to have the strength to compete in three bouts." These extreme measures left Vinesh weak, fragile, and dehydrated. She was taken to a medical center inside the Olympic village after feeling dizzy and briefly losing consciousness.
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Multiple sources are there for this. You can check various articles.