Indian politician-wrestler Vinesh Phogat and Somvir Rathee announce being pregnant: Their beautiful love story

Vinesh Phogat and Somvir Rathee
Photo: Vinesh Phogat/ Instagram

Sharing excellent news together with her followers on social media immediately (March 6), Indian wrestler-turned-politician Vinesh Phogat introduced that she is anticipating her first baby together with her husband Somvir Rathee. Vinesh posted an image together with her husband Somvir, with the caption: “Our love story continues with a new chapter.” Vinesh and Somvir’s followers and well-wishes quickly began sending of their finest needs to the {couples}, and fellow wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Sakshee Malik additionally congratulated them.

Vinesh Phogat was a lot in information just a few months for her Paris Olympics 2024 controversy after which she retired from wrestling. For the unversed, Vinesh created historical past on the Paris Olympics 2024 for changing into the primary Indian girl to achieve an Olympic remaining. But, only a few hours earlier than her remaining match, Vinesh was disqualified from all the occasion for being 100 grams overweight– a call which broke not simply Vinesh’s, however a billion hearts in India. Following the controversy, Vinesh has introduced her retirement from wrestling. Her submit on X learn, “Ma Kusti (Mother, wrestling) won against me, I lost. Forgive me, your dream and my courage has been broken. I don’t have any more strength now… Goodbye Wrestling 2001-2024.”
However, she had later additionally hinted at returning to the game with a submit on Instagram that learn, “Granted, you’re tired today. Granted, today, you’re a wounded bird. But you still have courage within you. You’re still alive for the sake of your goal.” Meanwhile, Vinesh joined politics beneath the Congress banner and additionally gained a seat from Julana within the Haryana Assembly election.

Vinesh Phogat and Somvir Rathee’s love story

Both Vinesh Phogat and Somvir Rathee are wrestlers by career. While Vinesh has represented India in a number of nationwide and worldwide matches, her husband, Somvir Rathee, is a National-level wrestler from Haryana. Vinesh and Somvir first met the Indian Railways, the place they had been employed. It was their love for wrestling that helped them bond, and quickly love blossomed between them.
In 2018, the wrestling couple made their relationship official in the course of the Jakarta Asian Games. Vinesh had defeated Japan’s Yuki Irie and gained a gold medal on the Jakarta Asian Games 2018. Upon returning to India, Somvir proposed to Vinesh proper outdoors the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New Delhi in a heartwarming gesture!
Vinesh and Somvir obtained engaged in August 2018, and in December 2018 they obtained married in an intimate marriage ceremony which was held at Vinesh’s hometown Charkhi Dadri in Haryana, India. Their small marriage ceremony mirrored their comparable views towards gender-bias and undue social pressures of big-fat Indian weddings.
Amar Ujala had reported that Vinesh and Somvir had requested their households to contribute INR 1 as shagun for his or her marriage ceremony rituals.
Vinesh and Somvir additionally took eight vows, as a substitute of the normal seven vows in Hindu marriages. The purpose: Their eight vows being “beti bachao, beti padhao, beti khilao” (which interprets to: save daughters, educate them, and allow them to play or excel in sports activities).
Now over six years later, Vinesh Phogat and Somvir Rathee are able to welcome their first baby collectively.
Best needs to the couple!