Yogeshwar Dutt's London Olympics bronze medal upgraded to silver

Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt has confirmed that his 2012 London Olympics Bronze medal has been upgraded to silver after Russia’s Besik Kudukhov failed the dope test, ANI reported.

आज सुबह पता चला की मेरा olympic medal upgrade हो कर Silver medal हो गया है। ये मेडल भी देशवासियों को समर्पित हैं pic.twitter.com/S6qxNHW9Po

— Yogeshwar Dutt (@DuttYogi) August 30, 2016

Now, Dutt is the second wrestler from India to win a silver medal at the London Games as he joins countryman Sushil Kumar, who finished second in the 66kg freestyle wrestling category in 2012.

Four-time world champion and two-time Olympic medallist Kudukhov, who died in a car crash in 2013 in southern Russia, was tested positive on the dope test conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency. As a result, Dutt, who had bagged a bronze medal in the men's 60kg freestyle category in the London Games, has moved up to silver.

Here are the complete results from bottom half draw of Men's 60 kg Free-Style event at 2012 London Olympics pic.twitter.com/IeuvETXfDR

— India@Sports (@India_AllSports) August 29, 2016

So far, Dutt has tweeted the development. An official confirmation will have to come from the United World Wrestling (UWW) and the International Olympic Committee.

If and when Dutt, who bowed out in the first round of men's 65kg freestyle at the recently-concluded Rio Olympic Games, would be handed a silver medal, will be confirmed only when the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) gets it in writing from the World body (UWW).

(With agency inputs)