London Olympics 2012: Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt wins 60kg freestyle repechage round 1
India's Yogeshwar Dutt defeated Puerto Rico's Franklin Gomez Matos in the repechage round 1 of the 60kg wrestling competition of the London Olympics on Saturday.
India's Yogeshwar Dutt defeated Puerto Rico's Franklin Gomez Matos in the repechage round 1 of the 60kg wrestling competition of theLondon Olympics on Saturday.
The win kept alive his hopes of a bronze medal. This was his third bout of the day in which he won two and lost one. First, he beat Bulgaria's Anatolie llarionovitch Guidea in the qualification, but ended up losing to Russia's Besik Kudukhov in the pre-quarterfinals.
But, Dutt's Olympic medal hopes were rekindled as he qualified for the repechage round of the men's 60kg wrestling event after Russian Besik Kudukhov, who had defeated the Indian in the pre-quarterfinal.
Yogeshwar must thank World Champion Kudukhov for keeping alive his bronze medal hope.
The Russian, bronze medallist at the 2008 Beijing Games, won his quarter-final match 3-1 against Esmaeilpoorjouybari and semi-final 3-0 against Myong Ri to qualify for the final. Kudukhov will face Azerbaijan's Toghrul Asgarov in the title clash.