Yogeshwar Dutt, a freestyle wrestler of India, made headlines for winning a bronze medal at London Olympics in the year 2012 and here’s good news for all the Indians as his bronze medal is to be upgraded to silver!
Yes, you read it right! As confirmed by reports, Russian freestyle wrestler Besik Kudukhov who won a silver medal in London Olympics 2012 in the 60 kg freestyle division made use of prohibited substances.
According to flowrestling.org, a Russian agency, deceased Besik who had been the world champion four times and won medals in Olympics twice was tested positive for doping which World Anti-Doping Agency conducted.
Hence, many media reports suggest that the bronze medal won by Yogeshwar Dutt in the same might be upgraded to silver and if this happens, Dutt will come on the level of Sushil Kumar, a silver medallist from London Olympics.
When Virender Sehwag, former player of Indian cricket team, came to know this, he couldn’t control his excitement and shared the same on Twitter in a hilarious way!
Here’s how he reacted:
Wah !Cricket upgraded in US, NehraJi upgraded to smartphone and now #YogeshwarDutt 's 2012 bronze likely to be upgraded to silver. #Upgrade
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 30, 2016
Nevertheless, official confirmation from International Olympic Committee and United World Wrestling (UWW) has not yet come. And this upgradation of bronze to silver will be confirmed only when UWW gives it in writing to Wrestling Federation of India.