Question

The bronze medal of Yogeshwar Dutt in Wrestling in 2012, London Olympics was upgraded to silver because the following wrestler failed the dope test:
1. Togrul Asgarav
2. Sharif Sharifov
3. Jake Varner 
4. Besik Kudukhov

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Besik Kudukhov

The correct answer is Besik Kudukhov.

• Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt's bronze medal from the London Olympics has been upgraded to silver after second-place finisher late Besik Kudukhov of Russia was stripped off his medal for failing a dope test.
• As per the Russian agency,  the four-time world champion and two-time Olympic medalist Kudukhov, who had died in a car crash in 2013 in southern Russia, was found to have used a banned substance in a test conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
• The result of the sample was out a couple of months back but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) did not make it public because of the Rio Olympics that concluded on August 21.
• Besik Kudukhov
  • ​He was an Olympic finalist in 2012.
  • He was considered one of the most dominant wrestlers in modern wrestling history.
  • He was a world champion four times across two weight classes winning every world Championship he competed in form 2007 to 2011.
  • He was also a Eurpean Champion in 2007.
  • Kudukhov died on 29 December 2013 in a car crash on a federal highway in southern Russia between Krasnodar Krai and Vladikavkaz after he lost control of his car and collided with an oncoming truck.

• Yogeshwar Dutt
  • He is an Indian freestyle wrestler.
  • He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013.
  • He won gold medals at the 2010 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
  • He is one of only 5 male wrestlers in India to win an Olympic medal.