New Delhi: In a decision that is bound to bring cheers among sports lovers, Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has announced that she will come out of retirement and return to the mat to fight for that elusive medal at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.

After a wonderful performance, a marginal weight issue had led to her disqualification from the Paris Olympics gold medal bout. ADVERTISEMENT

She quit the sport after returning to India and joined politics a day later. Vinesh said she needed time to reflect on her wrestling career.

“People kept asking if Paris was the end. For a long time, I didn’t have the answer. I needed to step away from the mat, from the pressure, from the expectations, even from my own ambitions. For the first time in years, I allowed myself to breathe,” Vinesh wrote in

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