Vinesh Phogat's opponent Sarah Hildebrandt, who won gold in her category, reveals she is a ‘big weight cutter’

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Vinesh Phogat's opponent Sarah Hildebrandt, who won gold in women's 50kg at the Paris Olympics, revealed she is a big weight cutter to meet weigh-in rules...

At a time when the wrestling world was in turmoil following Vinesh Phogat's disqualification from the Paris Olympics 2024, Sarah Hildebrandt, against whom Vinesh was supposed to fight for the women's 50kg gold on Wednesday night, was going through an emotional battle of her own..

When Vinesh was disqualified for being overweight by 100 gm in the mandatory weigh-in of wrestlers on match day, Hildebrandt thought the gold medal was hers without even playing the final.r..

Empathaising with Vinesh Phogat, The Olympic champion revealed that she also uses different measures to reduce weight to pass the weigh-in process on the day of her matches..

Phogat, who stunned four-time world and defending Olympic champion Yui Susaki of Japan in the first of her three matches on Tuesday, would have been the first womens wrestler from India to compete for a gold medal..

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