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Yogeshwar Dutt offers to return London Silver Medal, wants Russian wrestler Besik Kudokhov's family to keep it

Yogeshwar Dutt Has Offered To Return London Silver Medal As A Gesture Of Respect Towards Deceased Russian Wrestler Besik Kudokhov. He Took To Twitter To Express His Respect And Said That He Wanted Besik Kudukhov’s Family To Keep The Silver Medal.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Saurabh Kumar | Updated on: 31 Aug 2016, 06:06:52 PM

New Delhi:

Star India wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt has offered to return London Silver medal as a gesture of respect towards deceased Russian wrestler Besik Kudokhov. He took to Twitter to express his respect and said that he wanted Besik Kudukhov’s family to keep the silver medal.

Besik died in a car accident back in 2013 just a year after the London Summer Games. But IOC’s re-testing of samples for dope abuse revealed that Besik had taken performance enhancing drugs during the London Games.

Yogeshwar said that sympathy towards the deceased and his family is paramount for him. Yogeshwar also acknowledged Besik as a “great” wrestler and he still respected him as a wrestler.

Earlier, Yogeshwar’s bronze medal from the London Olympics was upgraded to silver after second-place finisher late Besik Kudukhov of Russia was stripped off his medal for failing a dope test.

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First Published : 31 Aug 2016, 05:54:00 PM

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