Yogeshwar Dutt's 2012 Olympics medal won't be upgraded to gold

September 06, 2016 19:17

Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt's 2012 Olympics medal will not be upgraded to gold as the wrestling governing body for Olympics, United World Wrestling has cleared T Asgarov of doping violation.

Asgarov of Azerbaijan, who won the gold medal in the men's 60kg freestyle category at the 2012 London Games, had tested positive for consuming performance enhancing drugs.

Earlier, Yogeshwar's London Olympics bronze was upgraded to silver after Russias Besik Kudukhov, who had died in a car crash in 2013 in southern Russia, was found to have used a banned substance in a test conducted by the WADA.

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