Celebrated wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt has failed to sign off his Olympic career with a medal. On the last day of the Rio Games today, he slumped to a shock 0-3 defeat in the men's 65 kg freestyle opening round to Mongolian Ganzorigiina Mandakhnaran. The Mongolian's quarterfinal defeat later, dashed the Indian's hopes of featuring in the bronze medal bout through repechage system. Mandakhnaran went down 0-6 to Russia's Soslan Lyudvikovich Ramonov. The seven-member Indian wrestling team thus finished its campaign with just a solitary bronze won by Sakshi Malik in the women's 58kg category. The squad was originally eight-strong but Narsingh Yadav was ousted after being slapped with a doping ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sports.With badminton star P V Sindhu's Silver and Sakshi Malik's bronze in wrestling, India have secured just two medals in the Games. They are placed 66th in the overall standings. The United States top the table with 43 Gold, 37 Silver and 36 Bronze. Great Britain are in the second spot with 27 Gold, 22 Silver and 17 bronze. China follow in the third place with a tally of 26 Gold, 18 Silver and 26 Bronze.
News On AIR | August 21, 2016 9:24 PM
Rio 2016: Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt crashes out