LIVE OLYMPICS: Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt wins bronze
August 11, 2012
Dutt beat North Korea's Myong Ri Jong 7-1 in the bronze medal play-off match.
Earlier, Dutt beat Franklin Gomez Matos of Puerto Rico 3-0 in the first round of the repechage. In the next round, he beat Masoud Esmmaeilpoorjouybari of Iran 4-0 to enter the play-off for the bronze medal.
Despite losing his pre-quarter-final bout, Dutt's hopes remained alive after his vanquisher moved into the final and he went into the repechage round.He was beaten in the quarter-finals by Russia's Besik Kudukhovis.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist gave a tough fight to four-time and reigning World champion Besik Kudukhov of Russia but eventually lost 0-3 on classification points.
This is India's fifth medal at the London Olympics.
Dutt will take on North Korea's Myong Ri Jong in the bronze medal play-off match.
Dutt beat Franklin Gomez Matos of Puerto Rico 3-0 in the first round of the repechage. In the next round, he beat Masoud Esmmaeilpoorjouybari of Iran 4-0 to enter the play-off for the bronze medal.
Dutt beat Franklin Gomez Matos of Puerto Rico 3-0 to enter the second round, where he will take on Masoud Esmmaeilpoorjouybari.
Dutt needs to win the next round after which he will take on North Korea's Myong Ri Jong in the bronze medal play-off match.
Yogeshwar Dutt beat Franklin Matos Gomez of Puerto Rico in his first bout of the 60kg Freestyle repechage to keep his hopes of a bronze medal alive.
The Indian grappler made it to the repechage round after his conqueror in the pre-quarter-finals, reigning world champion Besik Kudukhov of
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Australia won a field hockey medal for a sixth straight Olympics when it beat Britain 3-1 in the bronze match on Saturday.
The fourth bronze in five Olympics was only a consolation prize, however, as the top-ranked and World champions were highly confident of winning their second gold in London.
After only its third loss in a major tournament in three years in the semi-finals, Australia dominated territory and possession Saturday. Britain, trying to win its first medal since it won the 1988 Seoul Games, conceded goals to Simon Orchard, Jamie Dwyer and Kieran Govers.
Britain equalised against the run of play thanks to Iain Lewers's second career goal and placed fourth, its best Olympic finish since Seoul.
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Mexico have won the men's football gold.
They beat favourites Brazil 2-1 in the final.
Oribe Peralta got both the goals for the Mexicans in either half, the first coming 36 seconds from the kick-off, before Hulk reduced the margin for Brazil in the dying minutes.
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Despite losing his pre-quarter-final bout, Yogeshwar Dutt's hopes of clinching a medal at the London Olympics wrestling event remains alive after his vanquisher moved into the final.
The Indian grappler has a chance for a bronze medal, as he will figure in the repechage round.
Earlier, Yogeshwar was beaten in the quarter-finals by Russia's Besik Kudukhovis.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist gave a tough fight to four-time and reigning World champion Besik Kudukhov of Russia but eventually lost 0-3 on classification points.
Dutt had stormed into the pre-quarter-finals earlier in the day, defeating Anatolie Ilarionovitch Guidea of Bulgaria 3-1 after losing the first period.
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The IOC says a female Syrian hurdler has been kicked out of the London Olympics for doping.
The IOC said on Saturday that 400-metres hurdler Ghfran Almouhamad tested positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine on August. 3.
The backup "B'' sample confirmed the positive finding.
The 23-year-old athlete finished eighth and last in her first-round heat on August 5. The IOC said she has been disqualified and stripped of her Olympic accreditation.
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India's archery coach Limba Ram made a quiet exit from the national team not just because of the country's dismal Olympic performance but also after being allegedly insulted by his top wards Deepika Kumari and Jayanta Talukdar, who denied the accusation.
Also read: Indian hockey team finishes last
According to a team source, Limba was at loggerheads with Deepika and Jayanta who apparently stopped communicating with him.
While Deepika was not available for reaction, Talukdar dismissed the allegations, saying, "It's all false. Everything was smooth in the camp."
Indian archers drew a blank at the Games, bowing out by the quarterfinal stage in both the team and individual events.
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The Indian team's mental fragility has been exposed during their five league matches that left the jittery and fumbling Indians struggling against opponents, who were determined to leave their mark in the Olympic competition.
India, making a return to the Olympic arena after failing to qualify for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, struggled to find their feet and the players did not show any determination to be combative against opponents who had superior physique and used it effectively to dispossess the Indians.
Also read: Indian hockey team finishes last
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India's reputation is in tatters, and their only chance to salvage pride was lost.
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A new low for Indian hockey - the eight-time Olympic champions finish 12th in the 12-team event.
India lose 2-3 to South Africa.
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Ramon Miller of the Bahamas chased down Angelo Taylor of the United States in the men's 4x400m final to win his country's first gold medal in a relay won by America at every Olympics since 1984.
Miller lifted the Bahamas to a time of 2:56.72, .33 seconds better than the US.
Trinidad and Tobago took third. The South African team, anchored by double amputee 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius, fell behind well before Pistorius received the baton and finished last.
Taylor, a 400m hurdler, was thrust into the lineup after a flurry of injuries hit the Americans.
Lashawn Merritt and Jeremy Wariner both pulled out before the preliminaries, where Manteo Mitchell ran the last 200m of the opening lap with a broken left fibula.
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Usain Bolt's dream of replicating his Beijing golden treble was kept alive as his team-mates coasted through to the final of the 4x100m relay with ease.
Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, double sprint silver medallist Yohan Blake and Kemar Bailey-Cole timed 37.39secs to win their heat from Canada.
It meant that Bolt, who notched the unique feat of defending both his 100m and 200m crowns at London, will have achance for a third gold when he doubtless takes to the track in Saturday's final.
The US team of Jeffery Demps, Darvis Patton, Trell Kimmons and Justin Gatlin then went one-hundredth of a second faster than the Jamaicans in the second semi.
But there was heartbreak for Britain, with Daniel Talbot's last changeover to Adam Gemili occurring outside the exchange zone, resulting in the quartet being disqualified.
Making up the final will be Japan, Trinidad and Tobago, France, Australia and the Netherlands.
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Carmelita Jeter crossed the finish line pointing the baton at the clock showing a world record of 40.82 seconds as the United States won the women's 4x100-metre relay for the first time since 1996.
Tianna Madison, 200-metre champion Allyson Felix and Bianca Knight gave the US a big lead heading into the anchor leg by Jeter, the 100 silver medalist.
Their time smashed the old record of 41.37 by East Germany in 1985.
Russia's Tatyana Lysenko wins women's hammer throw.
The United States wins gold medal in women's 4x100-metre relay, sets world record.
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Meseret Defar upstaged fellow-Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba to win the 5,000 metres.
Defar, the 2004 Olympic champion, overtook Dibaba on the final stretch and held on to win the gold medal in 15 minutes, 4.25 seconds.
World champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya surged into second place in the last 50m to claim the silver medal in 15.04.73s.
Dibaba finished with the bronze in 15:05.15s.
Dibaba was aiming to repeat as double Olympic champion in the 5,000 and 10,000m. She won the distance double in Beijing in 2008 and retained her 10,000 title on the first night of the track and field competition at the London Games.
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The United States and Jamaica advanced to the Olympic final of the women's 4x400-metre relay.
Both high-profile teams easily won their preliminary heats. With 400 bronze medalist DeeDee Trotter running the anchor leg after Keshia Baker, Francena McCorory and Diamond Dixon circled the track, the Americans finished in 3 minutes, 22.09 seconds.
Jamaicans Christine Day, Shereefa Lloyd, Shericka Williams and Rosemarie Whyte won the opening heat in 3:25.13.
Russia, Britain, Ukraine, France, the Czech Republic and Nigeria also qualified for Saturday night's final.
The Americans have won the last four Olympic golds in the event. Sanya Richards-Ross, the gold medalist in the 400, is expected to join the US squad in the final.
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