August 11, 2012 11:57 AM

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Disheartened, India eye Yogeshwar Dutt today

At the London Olympics, on the penultimate day of the competitions today, India will feature in three events.

In Wrestling, Yogeshwar Dutt will compete in the Men's 60-kg freestyle competition. He will take on Bulgaria's Anatolie Ilarionovitch Guidea in his opening bout.

In the Men's 50-km racewalk event, Basanta Bahadur Rana will be seen in action. In Men's Hockey, India will take on South Africa in the play off match for the 11th and 12th places. The final for this event between the Netherlands and Germany is also slated for today.

The Gold in Men's football will be decided today when favourites Brazil meet Mexico. The women's Basketball and Volleyball finals are also scheduled for the day.

Today's Athletics events include the relay finals of Men's 4 x 100 metres and women's 4 x 400 metres. The finals of Men's 5,000 metres, Men's Javelin throw and women's high jump will also be held today.

In all, 33 Gold medals are at stake today, five of them will come from men's boxing.

On Friday, India's hopes of increasing their medals tally at the London Olympics were shattered as grapplers Amit Kumar Dahiya and Narsingh Pancham Yadav crashed out of the wrestling competition. At the Excel Arena, Amit defeated his Iranian rival Rahimi Hassan Sabzali 3-1 to enter the quarterfinals. But, he lost the next two bouts, including a repechage, to make his exit from the freestyle 55-kg weight category.

In the freestyle 74 kg category, Narsingh was outclassed by his much superior Canadian rival Matthew Judah Gentry and lost his opener 1-3. He then made his exit when the Canadian lost in the next round.

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