Yogeshwar’s London Games bronze upgraded to silver

New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt’sbronze medal from the London Olympics has been upgraded tosilver after second-place finisher late Besik Kudukhov ofRussia was stripped off his medal for failing a dope test. "This morning I came to know that my Olympics medal hasbeen upgraded to silver. I dedicate my medal to people of thenation," Yogeshwar tweeted. As per Russian agency, flowrestling.org, the four-timeworld champion and two-time Olympic medallist Kudukhov, whohad died in a car crash in 2013 in southern Russia, was foundto have used a banned substance in a test conducted by theWorld Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). As a result, Yogeshwar, who had bagged a bronze medal inmen’s 60kg freestyle category in the London Games, has nowjoined Sushil Kumar as the other silver medallist wrestlerfrom the 2012 Olympics. Yogeshwar, who had bowed out in the first round of men’s65kg freestyle at the recently concluded Rio Olympic Games,had lost to Kudukhov in the pre-quarterfinals at London. Butonce the Russian advanced to the final, Yogeshwar got anotherchance in the repechage round and went on to win bronze. PTICM ATK ATAT