CAS had, on August 14, rejected her appeal.

Vinesh Phogat latest news: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), in its detailed verdict, called the United World Wrestling's rules of punishing an athlete for failing the second-day weigh-in process "draconian". However, it did not provide any relief to India's Vinesh Phogat. 

The CAS stated that it was Vinesh Phogat's responsibility to ensure she was under the permissible limit during both days of the women's 50kg wrestling in the Paris Olympics 2024.

Notably, Vinesh Phogat had no problems in clearing the weigh-in process on the first day of her event, however, she was found 100gm overweight on the second day - the day of her gold medal bout. Likewise, she was disqualified and stripped of a podium finish. She later appealed at the CAS for a joint silver medal, which was later dismissed.

It is pertinent to mention that the ad-hoc division of the CAS had, on August 14, rejected her appeal. The decision was given after three postponements.

In her appeal, Vinesh had demanded that she be given a joint silver medal with Cuban wrestler Yusneylis Guzman Lopez, who lost to her in the semifinals but was promoted to the summit clash following her disqualification and later on lost to American Sarah Ann Hildebrandt for gold medal.

"The consequences of the failed second weigh-in, which do not arise from any illegal or wrongful act on the part of the Applicant are, in the opinion of the Sole Arbitrator, draconian. A consequence of elimination without ranking from the round for which the Athlete was found ineligible, having been eligible for the rounds for which she competed, would seem to be a fairer solution," the CAS observed. 

The United World Wrestling rules state that a wrestler must clear the weigh-in on both days of the competition while the UWW allows a 2kg weight tolerance in many international competitions, such as Ranking Series events, but there is no such buffer at the Olympics.