South Koreans Make Fun Of Indian Olympic Officials
(Photo: Vinesh Phogat, Indian wrestler. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.)
August 15, 2024
A video titled “The Conspiracy Against Vinesh Phogat” was released today by Dhruv Rathee on his YouTube channel. Rathee, who has more than 24 million followers on YouTube, narrates the struggles Phogat has faced since early childhood till she was disqualified prior to her gold medal wrestling match at the recent Paris Olympics.
In 2023, Phogat led a group of wrestlers who protested in Delhi demanding the ouster of Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. In a letter, the group accused Singh of sexually harassing several Indian female wrestlers. The letter, also alleged that, after Phogat missed out on a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Singh “mentally harassed and tortured” her, driving the wrestler to the point of almost contemplating suicide.
Phogat was disqualified at the Paris Olympics because she was found to weigh about 100 grams more than her 50-kilogram weight class. This, as Rathee notes, was due to mismanagement – apparently even vendetta against her - by Indian officials.
Another major failure of Indian officials at the Paris Olympics was evident in the poor performance of Indian archers.
In April, at the Archery World Cup Competition Stage 1 in Shanghai, China, India won five gold, two silver and one bronze medals. “India's archers stamped their authority…with a stupendous” performance, proclaims a banner on the site of the Archery Association of India (AAI).
The Indians were coached by South Korean Baek Woong-ki. He was the coach of South Korean archers at the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2012 London Olympics, where the country won four gold and one silver medals.
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