"Gain Cheap Popularity": Vinesh Phogat's Husband Blasts Claims Of Rs 16 Crore-Plus Cash Prize After Olympics 2024

19.08.2024 - 15:33 sports.ndtv.com

Vinesh Phogat has seen a lot in the last fortnight. From the high of becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to enter an Olympics final to the low of getting disqualified for being 100 gram overweight on the morning of the gold medal bout, Vinesh has seen a lot.

Her appeal for a shared silver medal was dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) too. The support and adulation for Vinesh has not been short though.

From the time she landed in India from Paris, Vinesh has been showered with love wherever she has gone. There have been announcements of cash prize too.

However, her husband Somvir Rathee has claimed that few organisations have made the false claims of giving her cash prize of ober Rs 16 crore. "Vinesh Phogat has not received any money from the following organizations, businessmen, companies and parties.

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