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After the disqualification of Vinesh Phogat from the 50 kg women’s wrestling final in the Paris Olympics, many Bollywood stars came out in support of the champion and penned heartfelt notes. Actress Alia Bhatt has also extended her support to her.
The actress wrote, “Vinesh Phogat you are an inspiration to the entire nation. Nothing can take away your resilience, nothing can take away your courage & nothing can take away the hardships you’ve been through to create history!
Today you must be heartbroken to say the least and we are heartbroken with you. But woman you are gold – you are iron and you are steel!!!!!!! AND NOTHING CAN TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOU! A champion for the ages! There is no one like you.”
Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Rakul Preet Singh and others have also shared posts lauding Vinesh.
Wrestler Vinesh Phoghat was disqualified from the 50 kg women’s wrestling event at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday for reportedly being 150 grams overweight. The major setback garnered mixed reactions online. Political leaders, prominent sports personalities, film stars and netizens came out in support of Phogat after the sad news
Vinesh had reached the Gold Medal match after defeating Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez 5-0 in the semi-finals on Tuesday night. Now, she will be returning home meddle-less.
Bollywood reacts to Vinesh Phogat’s Olympics disqualification
Taapsee took to Instagram to express her support. She wrote, “This is heartbreaking but honestly this woman has already made her mark beyond gold by now! @vineshphogat.”
Bhumi Pednekar was among the other stars who shared notes consoling Vignesh. Her post read, “You are and will always be a winner @vineshphogat Itni jaan aur himmat bahut kam mein hoti hai.”