Yogeshwar Dutt- Know your Olympian

Yogeshwar Dutt has been competing for India for over a decade. With no Sushil Kumar in the squad for the Rio Olympics, Yogeshwar will the spearhead of the team.

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Yogeshwar Dutt- Know your Olympian

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Yogeshwar Dutt has been competing for India for over a decade. With no Sushil Kumar in the squad for the Rio Olympics, Yogeshwar will the spearhead of the team. In London games, the Haryana grappler became just the third Indian to bag an Olympic medal after KD Jadhav and Sushil Kumar.

Things have changed since then and in Rio, he will be fighting in the 65 kg freestyle category. After winning gold medals in 2014 Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, Dutt now eyeing to finish his career with a yellow metal in Rio. 

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