On This Day: Vinesh Phogat scripted history at Paris Olympics, 24 hours later suffered her biggest heartbreak

Exactly a year ago, wrestler-turned politician Vinesh Phogat scripted history at the Paris Olympics (Reuters Photo)

She defeated Cuba's Lopez Yusneylis Guzman with a 5-0 scoreline in the semifinal of women’s 50kg freestyle wrestling, which then made her the first Indian female grappler to reach the finals at Olympics (Reuters Photo)

Before storming to the final, Vinesh had defeated Ukraine's Oksana Livach 7-5 in the quarterfinal (Reuters Photo)

And she started the campaign by scripting a major upset in women's wrestling at the Paris Olympics (Reuters Photo)

Facing reigning champion Yui Susaki of Japan and trailing 0-2 with seconds left on the clock, Vinesh pulled off a memorable manoeuvre which fetched three points (Reuters Photo)

However, a day later Vinesh Phogat disqualified from the Paris Olympics after failing to make the weight cut (Reuters Photo)

The grappler was roughly 100 grams over the permissible limits, which cost her the assured silver medal and ended her campaign in Paris with a massive heartbreak (Reuters Photo)

Vinesh even appealed to CAS following the disqualification but the verdict didn't come in her favour (Reuters Photo)