Updated On: 11 March, 2024 03:50 PM IST | Patiala | mid-day online correspondent
The 29-year-old used to compete in 53kg before the protest but has lowered her weight class since Antim Panghal has already earned an Olympic quota in that category

Vinesh Phogat (Pic: AFP)
Keen to ensure that she remains in reckoning for the Paris Games, star wrestler Vinesh Phogat did not let wrestling trials start in the women's 50kg and 53kg categories and demanded a written assurance from the authorities that a final trial will be held in the 53kg weight class before the Olympics.
Vinesh, who had accused former WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment and led a prolonged protest against the BJP MP, turned up at the SAI centre to compete in the 50kg wrestling trials.