London Olympics - India bags fifth medal
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| Yogeshwar Dutt |
He defeated Jong Myong Ri of DPR Korea in 3-1 taking the thrid period 6-0. This is India's 3rd Olympic bonze medal in wrestling.
Yogeshwar Dutt wrestled three bouts in a span of 45 minutes to clinch bronze.
After losing his second round match to Besik Kudukhov of Russia Dutt won two repechage rounds and then the bronze medal match.
Yogeshwar Dutt defeated Masoud Esmaeilpoorjouybari of Iran 3-1 in the second repechage round to book a place in the bronze medal bout.
He started wrestling at the age of 8, and he was an Haryana born wrestler competed in the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well.
Dutt came into the limelight in 1999 when he won gold at World Championship. He won his first gold medal at the 2003 Commonwealth Championships and repeated the feat at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
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