Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the women's 50 kg category on the morning of her gold medal match for light weight..

Each weight has two weigh-ins: one on the morning of the first day of competition, and one on the morning of the finals and second round..

Phogat qualified and competed on the opening day, but weighed more than 50kg on the morning of the final round.

According to the wrestling rules, a wrestler who misses the weight on both days of a match is disqualified.

Phogat won three matches, including wins over Yui Sosaki, former European champion Oksana Livach, Pan American Games champion Yousenilis Guzman..

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