No Olympic gold for Yogeshwar Dutt as UWW clears London winner

Yogeshwar Dutt's London Olympics bronze medal will not be upgraded to gold after the United World Wrestling (UWW) yesterday made it clear that the top-place finisher in men's 60kg freestyle—Togrul Asgarov never tested positive for a banned substance

New Delhi: Yogeshwar Dutt's London Olympics bronze medal will not be upgraded to gold after the United World Wrestling (UWW) yesterday made it clear that the top-place finisher in men's 60kg freestyle—Togrul Asgarov never tested positive for a banned substance.

Yogeshwar Dutt

"Contrary to news reports, 2012 Olympic gold medallist Togrul ASGAROV (AZE) has never been in violation of UWW's anti-doping policy," the world body tweeted from its official Twitter handle.

The world body has confirmed that the Azerbaijani wrestler's has not committed any dope violation. Earlier the silver medallist of men's 60kg freestyle—Russia's Besik Kudukhov was found to have used a banned substance during World Anti-doping Agency's and the International Olympic Committee's retrospective testing programme.

As a result of the failed dope test, Yogeshwar is likely to be handed the silver medal.

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