Monday, August 18, 2008

Another medal goes begging in wrestling

Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt lost in the quarterfinals in 60-kg category to Japan's Kenichi Yumoto.

Yogeshwar Dutt made a good start to his bout winning the first round 1-0 but the Japanese bounced back to win the second, earning four points to draw parity.

The Indian wrestler again seized the initiative early in the decisive third round, going ahead 1-0 but failed to hold on to the lead in the last 10 seconds and gave away two match winning points to his opponent to lose 2-1.

A win in this round would have assured at least a bronze for India as losing semi-finalist gets a medal in the competition.

Earlier in the day, Dutt had beaten Kazakhstan's Baurzhan Orazgaliyeb 3-1.

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