Wrestler Vinesh Phogat suspension over after a warning by WFI on her 27th birthday

Like Vinesh Phogat, the other two Indian wrestlers Sonam Malik and Divya Kakran, have also been cautioned and will now be in contention to compete in the World Championships.

It was a happy 27th birthday for Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat when Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) ended her temporary suspension for alleged indiscipline. The grappler will now be eligible to compete at this year’s World Championships after she was let off with a warning on Wednesday (August 25). Like Vinesh, the other two Indian wrestlers Sonam Malik and Divya Kakran, have also been cautioned and will now be in contention to compete in the World Championships. In a letter addressed to the three wrestlers, WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said they will be ‘compelled’ to impose lifetime bans on the trio for any act of indiscipline in the future. “Even though your written reply to the show-cause notice, which you had sent to the Wrestling Federation of India office, was not satisfactory, the Wrestling Federation of India wants to give you one more chance so that you can rectify your mistakes,” Sharan wrote in the letter, dated August 24, 2021, as quoted by Indian Express newspaper.