Vinesh Phogat on Friday (December 12) declared her return to wrestling, ending her 18-month retirement with a powerful declaration.

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On 8 August 2024, the three-time Olympian declared announced her retirement from wrestling, a day after she was disqualified from the 50kg category final at the Paris Olympics.

Vinesh Phogat's comeback

In a post on X, she wrote, “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.”

“I took time to understand the weight of my journey — the highs, the heartbreaks, the sacrifices, the versi

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