IOA Chief PT Usha Defends Medical Team, Says Athletes and Trainers Responsible for Weight Management In the wake of Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from the women’s 50 kg final event at the Paris Olympics due to exceeding the weight limit, Indian Olympic Association( IOA) chairman PT Usha has come out in defense of the IOA- appointed Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala and his platoon. Usha emphasized that the responsibility of weight operation in sports like wrestling, toning, boxing, and judo lies exactly with each athlete and their particular coaching platoon.
IOA’s Stand
The IOA released a statement on Sunday, clarifying that Dr. Pardiwala and his platoon were n’t responsible for Phogat’s disqualification. The statement stressed that the primary part of the IOA medical platoon was to help in recovery and injury operation of athletes during and after their competitions, and to support those athletes who did n’t have access to their own platoon of nutritionists and physiotherapists.
Usha’s explanation
Usha further clarified that the IOA medical platoon was appointed only a many months before the Games and their part was n’t to manage athletes’ weights. She condemned the hate directed at the IOA medical platoon, especially Dr. Pardiwala, and hoped that those rushing to judge the platoon would consider all data before arriving at any conclusions.
Vinesh Phogat’s Disqualification
Vinesh Phogat lost her chance to fight for the gold order after exceeding the weight limit of her 50 kg wrestling order. She latterly appealed against her Olympic disqualification with the Court of Arbitration for Sport( CAS) and demanded a common tableware order in the 50 kg weight order. crucial Points IOA chairman PT Usha defends IOA- appointed Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala and his platoon Weight operation responsibility lies with athletes and their particular coaching brigades IOA medical platoon’s primary part is recovery and injury operation, not weight operation Vinesh Phogat disqualified from women’s 50 kg final event due to exceeding weight limit
