India's Vinesh Phogat (blue) fights against Japanese wrestler Mayu Mukaida in women's 53kg quarterfinal bout during Asian Senior Wrestling Championship at Indira Gandhi Stadium in ...
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Sept. 18, 2019
Indias Vinesh Phogat in action against Maria Prevolaraki of Greece during the Wrestling World Championships, in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
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Wrestler Vinesh Phogat during her bout against 20-year-old Haryana’s Anju in the 55kg category at the Tata Motors Wrestling Championships, in Jalandhar.
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Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju in a group photograph with the World Wrestling Championships medal winning wrestlers Ravi Dahiya, Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Deepak Punia at SAI ...
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Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju in a group photograph with the World Wrestling Championships medal winning wrestlers Ravi Dahiya, Rahul Aware, Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat and Deepak ...
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Wrestlers Sushil Kumar and Vinesh Phogat during the launch of 'ZEE Kusti Dangal' in New Delhi.
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Wrestlers Sushil Kumar, Sandeep Tomar and Vinesh Phogat during the launch of 'ZEE Kusti Dangal' in New Delhi.
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She also qualified for 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Vinesh Phogat of India poses during a medal ceremony as she won the bronze match of the women's 53kg category against Maria Prevolaraki of Greece at the Wrestling World Championshi...
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Vinesh Phogat of India, left, and Yuliia Khavaldzhy Blahinya of Ukraine compete at the repechage round of the women's Greco-Roman 53kg category during the Wrestling World Champions...
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Wrestler Vinesh Phogat (C) with her personal coach Woller Akos ahead of the World Wrestling Championships 2019, in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. The fiery wrestler from Haryana is prepar...
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Her Red Carpet Throw
If there was a couple encased in classiness at the Laureus Sports Awards in Monaco, France, it was wrestler Vinesh Phogat (up for the World Comeback Award, along with Tiger Woods...
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Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat at the Laureus World Sports Awards 2019, in Monaco.
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India's Vinesh Phogat reacts as she celebrates after winning the Gold medal in women's freestyle 50 kg wrestling at the Asian Games 2018, in Jakarta on Monday, August 20, 2018. Pho...
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Gold medal winner India's Vinesh Phogat gestures during the medal ceremony of women's freestyle 50 kg wrestling event at the Asian Games 2018, in Jakarta.
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India's Vinesh Phogat (blue) in action against Japan's Yuki Irie during the final bout of women's freestyle 50 kg wrestling event, at the Asian Games 2018, in Jakarta.
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India's Vinesh Phogat celebrates after winning the Gold medal in women's freestyle 50 kg wrestling at the Asian Games 2018, in Jakarta. Phogat made history after she became the fir...
Vinesh Phogat could not receive her 'Khel Ratna' as she tested positive for coronavirus just ahead of the virtual National Sports Awards ceremony on August 29
The SAI said that 65 of the 74 awardees will attend the first-ever virtual National Sports Awards from its centres across the country due to the pandemic
Vinesh Phogat, who is the lone woman wrestler to have qualified for the now-postponed Tokyo Olympics, had missed out on Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna last year with fellow grappler Bajrang Punia getting the prestigious award
In an unprecedented move, the 2020 Tokyo Games was on Tuesday pushed to next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Star wrestler Vinesh Phogat was "deeply disappointed" when she learned of the postponement
India won a whopping 227 international medals in July but how many of those will translate into an Olympic gold, silver or bronze in Tokyo 2020? The sports ministry feels India's best chance will be in Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympics