Yogeshwar’s silver hopes over, WFI unaware

New Delhi, October 25

Yogeshwar Dutt’s chances of his London Olympics medal being upgraded to silver are all but over but the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) claimed it was unaware of the

development.

With the International Olympic Committee deciding to drop the investigation against the deceased Russian wrestler Besik Kudukov, who won the silver medal in the men’s freestyle 60kg category at the 2012 Games, bronze medallist Yogeshwar’s hopes of getting his medal upgraded has evaporated. Kudukov, who died in a car crash in 2013, had tested positive for a banned steroid, turinabol, when an old sample was retested a few months ago by WADA in its attempt to deter dope cheats. The Russian wrestling federation had claimed that his sample from the 2012 Games was retested this year and found to be positive. — PTI