Yogeshwar Dutt
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The Times of India, May 9, 2015
Battling a career-threatening knee injury twice (in 2009 & 2013), Yogeshwar Dutt bounced back to end India's 28 year wait for a wrestling gold in Asian Games, winning in 65kg freestyle category at the Incheon Asian Games. The 32-year-old was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna for his bronze-winning effort in the London Olympics. The Sonipat-lad became only the third Indian wrestler to win an Olympic medal after KD Jadhav (1952) and Sushil Kumar (2008, 2012).Yogeshwar also has two Commonwealth Games gold medals to his name.
2014
Dec 31 2014
WRESTLING
The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) had copped criticism after it picked Yogeshwar Dutt for the Commonwealth Games without a selection trial. The criticism seemed justified as Dutt had not taken part in many events since the 2012 London Olympics and had also changed his weight category from 60kg to 65kg. But the wrestler proved his detractors wrong by claiming the gold in Glasgow, winning all his contests including the final without conceding even a single point. At the Incheon Asiad, a determined Dutt bagged the nation's first wrestling gold since Kartar Singh's triumph in 1986 in Seoul.
