Yogeshwar Dutt's London Olympic Bronze May Be Upgraded to Silver, Here's Why

Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt's bronze medal from the London Olympics may be upgraded to silver amid reports that the silver medallist from the 2012 Games-- deceased Besik Kudukhov of Russia--has been stripped off his medal for using banned substance

The 4-time world champion and two-time Olympic medallist Kudukhov, who had died in a car crash in 2013 in southern Russia, has been found positive for dope test conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

As a result, Yogeshwar, who had bagged a bronze medal in men's 60kg freestyle category in London Games, may move up from bronze to silver and join Sushil Kumar as another silver medallist from the 2012 Olympics.

However, the official confirmation will have to come from the United World Wrestling (UWW) and the International Olympic Committee

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India's wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt won bronze medal in the men's freestyle wrestling 60kg category at the London Olympics

The Indian grappler put up a spectacular show in the repechage rounds, winning three successive games.

It is the first medal for India from the wrestling team.

In the repechage rounds, he beat World Championship silver medalist Franklin Gomez Matos of Puerto Rico 3-0 in the first round

Masoud Esmaeilpoorjouybari of Iran 3-1 in the second round and

Ri Jong Myong of North Korea in the third and final round to clinch the coveted medal.

Toghrul Asgarov of Azerbaijan beat three-time world champion Besik Kudukhov of Rusia to win the gold while India's Yogeshwar and Coleman Scott of the U.S. bagged the bronze.