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Xtra Time Web Desk: Ace Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat was not allowed to travel to Tokyo from Frankfurt on Tuesday for overstaying on her Schengen visa by a day. According to PTI, she had overstayed her European Union (EU) visa by one day. The 26-year-old is the reigning Asian Games and Commonwealth Game champion and won bronze in the World Championships.

"It was an oversight and something not done on purpose. Instead of 90 days as per her Schengen visa, it was calculated that she had been in the EU for 91 days after she landed in Frankfurt from Budapest,” PTI quoted an IOA official.

“The matter was taken up by SAI swiftly and the Indian consulate in Frankfurt reached the airport to sort out the matter. Vinesh will be in Tokyo tomorrow."

Phogat, who was training in Hungary with her coach Woller Akos ahead of the Games, were to reach Tokyo on Tuesday night but she was stopped at the Frankfurt Airport before boarding the connecting flight to the Japanese capital.

Vinesh, who has also expressed requirement for physio's accreditation at the Games, is staying the night at a hotel in the Frankfurt airport premise and will leave for Tokyo.

Vinesh is seen as a gold medal contender in the 53kg women's freestyle category and is the top seed. Her competitions starts August 5.