India’s hopes of landing an Olympic medal is getting slimmer with every passing day and the latest disappointment came when one of India’s brightest medal prospects, wrestler Vinesh Phogat lost to Sun Yanan in freestyle 48kg quarterfinals after getting injured. Vinesh Phogat, who registered an impressive 11-0 win in her first bout, had to concede the quarterfinal due to a knee injury. She was trailing 2-1 when she conceded the bout to the Chinese. The injury occurred when Phogat attempted to hold the Chinese but gave away after twisting her leg badly. The match was immediately stopped and medical help was called for. The Indian physio, on inspecting Phogat’s injury, declared that she would not be able to continue the fight.
Well the injury setback has disappointed the whole nation and fans took to Twitter to express their disappointment over the tragic incident. Here are some of the tweets:
Vinesh Phogat injured! Heartbreaking to see her in such pain! Sad to see such hard work end suddenly with an injury pic.twitter.com/0vICz8JA6i
— Anjana Om Kashyap (@anjanaomkashyap) August 17, 2016
Indian #Olympics Contingent Ko Kisi Ki Nazar Lag Gayi.@phogat_vinesh Got Injured On Mat And Lost To #CHN Opponent.
Sad To See Her In Pain.— चौधरी गुरमीत सिंह ?? (@tiger_3108) August 17, 2016
GODAMNIT NO!!
Vinesh Phogat badly injured her leg, is weeping on the stretcher & I wanna cry to.
There goes one of our brightest at #Rio2016— Zenia D'cunha (@ZENIADCUNHA) August 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/KarikadaiBoy/status/765928420295397381
Sad to see @phogat_vinesh getting injured, but she put up a phenomenal performance, proud of you.. get well soon ☺ #wrestling
— Kriti`s Biggest Fan (@OnlyKriti) August 17, 2016
Unfortunate to see @phogat_vinesh not able to complete her match due to injury. Great Courage & Fighting Spirit showed by her.#wrestling
— Vijay Goel (@VijayGoelBJP) August 17, 2016
This Vinesh Phogat was just too good. Nice to say so sometimes!
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 17, 2016
Get well soon, @phogat_vinesh ! You can always be proud of this. #Wrestling #IND pic.twitter.com/birsTvMX0w
— Arjun Ashok (@arj_90) August 17, 2016
Chinese wrestler is shell-shocked, almost in tears and she carries Vinesh's kit bag.. This is all sports is abt!! #Sportsmanship #Wrestling
— Gopal (@gopal2709) August 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/Swapniltripath9/status/765941155133546496
@phogat_vinesh post on Instagram 2 weeks back.
Get well soon strong woman! #wrestling pic.twitter.com/47fzgOzwGc— Shubham Taranekar (@Sarricastic) August 17, 2016
#VineshPhogat injures! @phogat_vinesh you fought with courage and gave your best .We are proud of u. #Champion #SAI #wrestling @IndiaSports
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) August 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/Sachin_Lover/status/765935708150181888