Yogeshwar Dutt loses wrestling quarters
Beijing: Another Olympic medal slipped out of India's hands when Yogeshwar Dutt squandered a lead in the third and final round to lose the wrestling quarterfinal tie of the 60kg free style category against Kenichi Yumoto of Japan.
Dutt made a good start to his bout winning the first round 1-0 but his opponent 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 the losing semifinalist gets a medal in the competition.
Earlier in the day, Dutt had beaten Kazakhstan's Baurzhan Orazgaliyeb 3-1.
Beijing: Another Olympic medal slipped out of India's hands when Yogeshwar Dutt squandered a lead in the third and final round to lose the wrestling quarterfinal tie of the 60kg free style category against Kenichi Yumoto of Japan.
Dutt made a good start to his bout winning the first round 1-0 but his opponent 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 the losing semifinalist gets a medal in the competition.
Earlier in the day, Dutt had beaten Kazakhstan's Baurzhan Orazgaliyeb 3-1.