Vinesh Phogat and Neeraj Chopra Slam Hindi Daily for Publishing Distasteful Report on Their Alleged Relationship! Read Asian Games 2018 Gold Medallist’s Statement
On Tuesday, Vinesh defeated Japan's Yuki Irie in the 50kg women's Freestyle final to become the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian Games gold.
If you thought gossips about linkups and breakups were limited to Bollywood celebs and cricket stars in India, you definitely did not see this coming. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who made the country proud by winning the gold medal in Asian Games 2018 is gossipmongers’ newest target. The 23-year-old is romantically linked up with fellow Indian athlete, javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra by a leading Hindi daily. Naturally, this piece of absurdity took Vinesh by shock who took to Twitter to clarify her stand as well as give a piece of mind to the gossip columnists. Neeraj too took Vinesh’s side in highlight everything wrong about this distasteful reporting and journalism. 2018 Asian Games Hits and Misses for India So Far: Saurabh Chaudhary, Vinesh Phogat & Bajrang Punia’s Gold Medal Wins to Poor Show by Sakshi Malik and Sushil Kumar!
“Really sad to see that a simple gesture of being present when one athlete is chasing glory for #India is painted in the wrong light 😔 Myself and @Neeraj_chopra1 and every other Indian athlete will support each other to ALWAYS make 🇮🇳 proud, nothing more! Thank you 🙏,” writes Vinesh Phogat, just a day after winning a historic gold medal at Asian Games. The youngster has become the first India female wrestler to win an Asiad gold, but it looks like her personal life was more of an interest for this newspaper, whose clipping Vinesh posted along with her tweet. Vinesh Phogat Becomes First Indian Woman to Win Gold Medal in Wrestling at Asian Games.
The daily ran an article whose headline reads, “Neeraj aur Vinesh ke beech badhi nazdikiyan (Neeraj and Vinesh are getting closer)”. And the reason behind this speculation started after the 20-year-old Indian track, and field athlete was spotted cheering Vinesh during her wrestling bouts. Yes, you cannot be cheering a fellow athlete, or else that will count as being romantically involved.
Neeraj also voiced his opinion on the entire episode, writing, “साथी खिलाड़ियों का मनोबल बढ़ाना और उनके गर्व के पल में वहीं पे खड़े होकर उनको प्रोत्साहित करना ये हमारे लिए महत्वपूर्ण है. हर सच्चा खिलाड़ी यही करेगा. हमारा सोभाग्य है अपने देश के लिए मेडल आते देखना”. It roughly translates to, “To motivate fellow athletes, and to stand by them at their moment of glory is important for us. Every true sportsperson will do this. We are fortunate to see India winning medals.” While he maintains his calm in his words, it is sad for media to stoop to crazy lows in search of ‘breaking news’.
On Tuesday, Vinesh defeated Japan's Yuki Irie in the 50kg women's Freestyle final to become the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Asian Games gold. Vinesh completely dominated the final, taking a 4-0 lead initially before stretching it further to 6-2 to pocket the yellow metal. As for Neeraj Chopra, the young Javelin thrower is yet to compete at Asian Games and was earlier the flag bearer for India in the opening ceremony.
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