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The 29-year-old was a little over 100 grams above the 50kg weight limit during this morning’s weigh-in at 7.15am local time. Vinesh weighed 49.90kg on Tuesday morning ahead of her first-round bout, well within the permissible limit. She, however, gained weight during the day as she secured three back-to-back wins, including one over defending Olympic champion. After the end of her semifinal win over Guzman, her weight was around 52.7kgs.
The athlete, her coaches, and her support staff spent a sleepless night without food or water to make the cut. She didn’t sleep even a minute, didn’t drink a sip of water, and didn’t have a morsel of food. She spent the entire night running and using the sauna. When everything failed, they resorted to extreme measures like cutting her hair and attempting to draw out blood, but their efforts did not yield the desired results. She made it to 50.1 kg but didn’t have time to cut the last 100 grams.
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