Yogeshwar Dutt's bronze will not be upgraded to silver
Yogeshwar Dutt's bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics will not be converted to a silver medal, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) cleared the investigation on Besik Kudukhov. The IOC in a statement said that they "will not deprive wrestler Besik Kudukhov of his silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London." Notably, Dutt had also declined to get his medal upgraded.
Yogeshwar Dutt
Yogeshwar Dutt is an Indian wrestler who won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics. He has also won gold medals at the Commonwealth Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2007 and in the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games. Dutt was one of the favorites for winning a medal for India at the 2016 Rio Olympics but he exited in the very first round.
Khel Ratna for Dutt
In 2012, Yogeshwar Dutt was honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award; the highest award for a sportsperson in India.
Besik Serodinovich Kudukhov
Besik Serodinovich Kudukhov is a Russian wrestler. He won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a silver at the 2012 London Olympics. He was the European champion in 2007. Besik won the World Championships in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011. He died in a car crash on 29 December 2013. He was considered one of the world's best freestyle wrestlers.
Yogeshwar's bronze medal to be upgraded to silver?
Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt may be getting his 2012 London Olympics bronze medal upgraded to silver medal after the silver medallist tested positive for a banned substance. Russian wrestler Besik Kudukhov, who won silver at the London Olympics, tested positive for a banned substance in tests conducted on samples collected during the London Olympics. Following that, he has been stripped of his silver medal.
UWW confirms the news, waiting for IOC
The global governing body for wrestling, United World Wrestling, has confirmed the news saying that Besik Kudukov has tested positive for a banned substance and his silver medal has been taken away. They added that they are awaiting confirmation from the International Olympic Committee.
