NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha has stated that Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, the IOA-appointed Chief Medical Officer, should not be blamed for Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat‘s disqualification from the women’s 50kg final event at the Paris Olympics. Instead, Usha believes that the responsibility falls on Phogat’s coach and support staff.In a…
If you can meet triumph and disaster and treat both imposters the same. The words, from Rudyard Kipling’s eminently quotable poem If are etched above the central court in Wimbledon is almost always the leitmotif of wins and losses at sporting events. But Kipling’s words run hollow when faced with both imposters in real life…
As the news of wrestler Vinesh Phogat‘s disqualification ahead of her gold-medal match at the Paris Olympics develops, Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, who is with the Indian contingent, described in detail the drastic steps that were taken to bring her weight down to under 50kg, but it all went in vain as she remained 100gm over…
