Vijender, who is India's first and only male boxer to have won an Olympic medal knows a thing or two about maintaining weight before major bouts and said it was shocking that Vinesh had tipped the scales by 100gm in the weigh-in before an Olympic final.
"I think it might be sabotage. 100gm! You have got to be kidding. We athletes can shed 5 to 6kg overnight. It is difficult no doubt but we know how to control our hunger, thirst, and exert to the extreme," the middle-weight (75kg) boxer told PTI.
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