Vinesh Phogat created history on Tuesday by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to reach an Olympic final. After spending a good part of the past year leading a protest against alleged sexual harassment of female wrestlers by former Wrestlers’ Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the won the 50 kg summit by defeating Cuba’s Yuzniles Guzman Lopez 5-5. 0 in the semi-finals.

With this feat, Phogat is assured of at least a silver medal. Her historic semi-final win at the Paris Olympics came after Phogat, Sakshi Malik and other athletes staged a long sit-in in Delhi early last year against the BJP’s alleged sexual harassment of women wrestlers. gave Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. He was vilified by sections of the internet for protesting, detained by the police and even traveled to Haridwar to throw his medals into the Ganga, but was stopped at the last minute by farmers’ leader Naresh Takkit.

Against this backdrop, Phogat’s win is being hailed as redemption.

Meanwhile, a post shared by Vinesh Phogat After her Olympic feat in March 2024, she has resurfaced online. Back in March, the 29-year-old wrestler shared a post that read: “Dear haters, I have a lot for you to be mad about. Stay tuned.”

Take a look:

The post has since been widely retweeted. Paris Olympics The feat has crossed over 1.2 million views on X.

“Queen in and out of the ring, just remembered who stood by you and bullied you through your tough times,” reads one comment shared yesterday.

“How prophetic she was,” said another.

Phogat (50 kg) became the first Indian woman wrestler to reach the final of an Olympic Games by defeating Cuba’s Yuzniles Guzman Lopez 5-0 here on Tuesday. With the semi-final win, Vinesh ensured himself at least a silver medal.

“Gold lana hai (sona lana hai)”, he told his tearful mother Premalata on a quick video call after the competition.

(with inputs from PTI)