Drawing criticism for Vinesh Phogat's weigh-in fiasco, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President and former international athlete PT Usha made it clear on Sunday that it is the responsibility of the athlete and her coach to manage their weight and the attack on its medical team, especially Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala is "unacceptable and worthy of condemnation." 

The 29-year-old Vinesh was left heartbroken after being disqualified ahead of her gold medal in freestyle 50kg for being 100gm overweight in the morning weigh-in, crushing her Olympic dreams and prompting her to announce her retirement.

The incident started a blame game, also leading to an uproar in the Parliament, with some sections attacking Dr Pardiwala and his team for negligence with former IOA chief Narendra Batra indicating that Vinesh's diet might have had something to do with her disqualification.

"...the responsibility of weight management of athletes in a sport like wrestling, weightlifting, boxing, and judo is that of each athlete and his or her coach and NOT that of the IOA-appointed Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala and his team," Usha said in a statement.

Usha also clarified stating, “"The IOA appointed a medical team a couple of months ago, primarily as a team that would assist in the recovery and injury management of athletes during and after their competition. 

This team was also designed to support athletes who did not have their own team of nutritionists and physiotherapists." Vinesh has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS), demanding that she be awarded a joint silver medal with Cuban wrestler 

Yusneylis Guzman Lopez, who had lost to the Indian but was later promoted to the final following the Haryana wrestler's disqualification.

American Sarah Hildebrandt won the gold after defeating Lopez in the title clash.