India, Aug. 14 -- Legendary India hockey player PR Sreejesh said the Olympic silver medal was snatched from Vinesh Phogat in the women's 50kg wrestling. Vinesh, who made history by becoming the first Indian female wrestler to reach the Olympic final and assure at least a silver medal, was disqualified from the competition and stripped of a podium finish after she weighed 100gms more than the permissible limit on the morning of her gold-medal bout.

Vinesh appealed for a joint silver at the Court of Arbitration for Sports. The hearing took place on August 9 but the CAS verdict has yet to come. It was deferred twice. The next update is set to come on August 16.

Sreejesh, who retired as one of the most successful hockey goalkeepers of the c...