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Vinesh Phogat’s U-turn from retirement, preparation to play in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
Samira Vishwas | December 12, 2025 11:24 PM CST

Vinesh Phogat: Indian wrestling player Vinesh Phogat has announced his return from retirement. Vinesh has hinted at her comeback by posting on social media. In an emotional statement, Vinesh revealed that she needed to be away from the game to realize this.

Vinesh Phogat: Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat has announced her return from retirement. Vinesh has hinted at her comeback by posting on social media. In an emotional statement, Vinesh revealed that she needed to take a break from the sport to realize how much she still loved wrestling and that her passion to compete was still intact.

Vinesh will return to LA

Sharing her heartfelt feelings, Vinesh wrote that people were constantly asking her whether Paris was the end of her journey, and for a long time she had no answer. He admitted that he needed “to get away from the mat, from the pressure, from the expectations, even from my dreams.”

Vinesh wrote, “For the first time in years, I allowed myself to breathe. I took time to understand the burden of my journey – the ups, downs, heartbreaks, sacrifices, versions of me the world never saw. And somewhere in that thought, I found the truth, I still love this game. I still want to compete.”

she is not alone

In this message Vinesh has described her son as her biggest strength. An important change has also come in this new beginning. She is not alone now. Her son is accompanying her on this journey, whom she describes as her biggest motivation and “my little cheerleader on this path to the LA Olympics”.


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