UWW confirms Vinesh Phogat’s retirement notice amid fresh selection row

United World Wrestling has confirmed that Vinesh Phogat informed the ITA about her retirement in December 2024, while WFI denied changing selection rules to block her return ahead of upcoming Asian Games trials and national wrestling events.

New Delhi: The controversy surrounding Vinesh Phogat’s return to wrestling has taken another turn after United World Wrestling (UWW) confirmed that the wrestler had officially informed the International Testing Agency (ITA) about her retirement in December 2024. The latest development comes despite claims from her husband, Sombir Rathi, that Vinesh had never formally retired and had only spoken about it through social media posts.

According to an email sent by UWW’s Anti-Doping department on December 20, 2024,........

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