Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt brought some cheer for India by winning a bronze medal on Saturday after the embarrassing exit of Hockey team in Olympics. Yogeshwar won the fifth medal for India in London Olympics this year by defeating North Korea's Myong Ri Jong 3-1 in the men's 60kg freestyle wrestling event at the ExCel Arena. This is the best medal tally for India in any Olympics till date.
Yogeshwar, who had lost in the quarterfinals in Beijing was determined this time to give is best ever against the North Korean that led him to win a medal for the country.
This was the third appearance of Yogeshwar in Olympics and became the third Indian wrestler to win an Olympic medal after Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav and Sushil Kumar. Jadhav and Kumar had won bronze medals in 1952 Helsinki and 2008 Beijing Games respectively.
In the bronze medal match, Yogeshwar put up a spirited performance despite losing the first period 1-0. Struggling to barely open his right eye, he came back strongly in the second period winning it 1-0.
Earlier, Yogeshwar had lost in the quarterfinals in 2008 at Beijing Olympics.
-With inputs from IANS
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