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Yogeshwar Dutt Confirms London Olympics Bronze Medal Will be Upgraded to Silver
File image of Yogeshwar Dutt.
Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, who failed to win a bout at the Rio Olympics, confirmed on Tuesday in a tweet that the bronze medal that he won at the London 2012 Summer Olympics will be upgraded to silver after the silver medallist, the late Besik Kudukhov of Russia, tested positive for doping.
Kudukhov, who finished second in the 60 kg freestyle event, died in a car accident in Russia in 2013 when he was just 27 years...
Rio Olympics 2016: Yogeshwar Dutt not allowing Narsingh Yadav episode affect him ahead of his event
Rio de Janeiro: Widely expected to clinch one last medal for India at the Rio Games, London Olympics bronze-medallist Yogeshwar Dutt is trying hard not to let the Narsingh Yadav episode affect him ahead of the men’s 65kg freestyle event at Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.
File picture of Yogeshwar Dutt.
A day after an unassuming Sakshi Malik became the heartthrob of the nation by becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal when...
India at Rio Olympics 2016: Easier to predict lottery than potential medal-winners
Predicting the $1.5 billion Powerball Jackpot or putting your money on the right horse at the Meydan Racecourse during the Dubai World Cup would be slightly easier than pulling out the names of possible medal winners from the 119 Rio Olympics-bound Indian contingent. Of course, there are a few favourites, plus those tipped to finish in the top three; the rest make up what is our ‘representation’ at the Olympic Games.
Yogeshwar Dutt, Saina Nehwal,...