Vinesh Phogat CAS Verdict Highlight: Decision on wrestler's fate deferred till August 16

Vinesh Phogat CAS Verdict Live: That's all for today as the wait for a final decision on Vinesh Phogat's fate extends. It'll be interesting to see if CAS passes a decision on August 16 or will we have to wait much longer? For more news and updates stay tuned with moneycontrol.com.

Vinesh Phogat CAS Verdict Live: The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has delayed the verdict on Vinesh Phogat's case for the third time. It stated that it was doing so under Article 18 of the CAS Arbitration Rules for the Olympic Games.

So what exactly does this mean?

"The Panel shall give a decision within 24 hours of the lodging of the application. In exceptional cases, this time limit may be extended by the President of the ad hoc Division if circumstances so require."

Vinesh Phogat CAS Verdict Live: An official statement from the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Paris reads:

"By application of Article 18 of the CAS Arbitration Rules for the Olympic Games, the President of the CAS Ad Hoc Division extends the time-limit for the Panel to give a decision until 16 August 2024 at 18h00 (Paris time)."

Vinesh Phogat CAS Verdict Live: The CAS verdict on Vinesh Phogat's disqualification has been deferred for the third time now. The verdict is now expected to come before August 16.

Vinesh Phogat CAS Verdict Live: Vinesh Phogat's advocate Vidushpat Singhania is hopeful that the verdict by CAS will be in the favour of the Indian.

Earlier in an interaction by ANI, he said: "The hearing took place on August 9 and the verdict is expected by 9.30 pm tonight. Vinesh was represented by 4 lawyers. She is the applicant and United World Wrestling (UWW) and International Olympic Committee are the respondents and Indian Olympic Association is an interested party."

Vinesh Phogat CAS Verdict Live: A photo of Vinesh Phogat leaving the Olympic Village in Paris surfaced on social media platform 'X'.

Vinesh Phogat CAS Verdict Live: Amidst the controversy surrounding Vinesh Phogat, Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha gave a strong response to critics attacking the IOA medical staffs and chief medical officer Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala.

"The responsibility of weight management of athletes in sport like wrestling, weightlifting, boxing and judo is that of each athlete and his or her coach and NOT that of the IOA-appointed Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala and his team," Usha said in a statement. [Read More]

Vinesh Phogat CAS Verdict Live: After the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, we have another Indian cricketer coming out in support of Vinesh Phogat. Ravichandran Ashwin awaits justice for Vinesh Phogat. "Fingers crossed for Vinesh," the spinner wrote on 'X'.

Vinesh Phogat CAS Verdict Live: We are very close to a decision from CAS on Vinesh Phogat's disqualification from the Paris Olympics. Going by reports, the decision is set to be announced before 9:30PM IST tonight.

Vinesh Phogat CAS Verdict Live: Will Vinesh Phogat get a silver medal? Well United World Wrestling, the international governing body of the sport, thinks its a no but there has been a clear discrepancy in the application of rules by UWW.

The rules state that wrestlers who went down against the finalists get a second chance in the repechage round for the bronze medal. In this case, Cuba's Yusneylis Guzman Lopez, who endured a 0-5 loss against Vinesh in the semifinals, replaced the Indian in the gold medal bout. With that being said, it should have technically been opponents who went down against the Cuban in the repechage round and not Yui Susaki, who eventually went to claim the bronze in the competition.

Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, who also was of the opinion that Vinesh should have been awarded a silver at least, champion shooter Abhinav Bindra, double Olympic medallist superstar javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and celebrated hockey player PR Sreejesh also offered their support to Vinesh and reminded the country of her contributions in the sport.

Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is keeping his fingers crossed for wrestler Vinesh Phogat as she awaits a verdict on her appeal against disqualification from the Games but at the same time, he is also hoping that "people don't forget what she did for the country" if the decision is not in her favour.

A day after her heartbreaking disqualification, Vinesh announced her retirement from the sport, saying she doesn't have the strength to continue, as sporting icons from across the world threw their weight behind the 29-year-old wrestler who was appearing in her third Olympic Games.

Vinesh was found 100gm overweight before her 50kg category final on Wednesday and she has appealed against her disqualification in the ad-hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Paris. A decision on the appeal is expected to be delivered by 9.30pm IST.

Dr Annabelle Bennett, the Australian representative from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), is set to pronounce judgment on Vinesh’s appeal before 6pm Paris time on Tuesday (August 13).

The ad-hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will give its decision on the appeal filed by Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat against her disqualification from the Olympic finals by 6pm local time (9.30pm IST) on Tuesday.