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Eduardo Paes, Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, host city of the 2016 Summer Games, waves the Olympic Flag after receiving it from IOC President Jacques Rogge during the Closing Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, in London.  

Yogeshwar Dutt won bronze model in wrestling at Olympics 2012 London

Yogeshwar Dutt, योगेश्वर दत्त, Indian wrestler won India's fifth medal and fourth bronze at London Olympics in Men's 60kg freestyle wrestling competition.  

നൂറ് കോടി ജനങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് അഭിമാനമായി ഫയല്‍വാന്‍ യോഗേശ്വര്‍ ദത്ത് ഒരൊറ്റ രാത്രി നാലു പേരെ ഇടിച്ചുവീഴ്ത്തിയ ഒളിമ്പിക് ഗോദയില്‍ നിന്നും നേടിയെടുത്തത് സ്വര്‍ണത്തിന്റെ നൂറിരട്ടി മാറ്റുള്ളൊരു വെങ്കലം.

Two decades of toil in wrestling and a progression from mud akharas to the modern day mat culminated in Olympic glory for lion-hearted Yogeshwar Dutt won the bronze medal for India.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulated for winning bronze medal at the London Olympics, saying "Dutt showed true grit in his wonderful comeback in the recharge round,"  he showed "true grit" in his wonderful comeback in the repechage round.

Sports Minister Ajay Maken twitted that "'The hardest worker... the nicest guy... no one deserves it more' True for Yogeshwar, he deserved it!"

The Chief Minister of Haryana announced on 12 August 2012, a cash award of Rs 1 crore to the Olympic bronze medal winner who belongs to the State.

During the bouts Yogeshwar got injured his eye.  He displayed stupendous power and stamina right through the day before prevailing over North Korea's Ri Jong Myong 3-1 in the third round of repechage.

Yogeshwar pulled off a stunning 'fitele' in the third and final round against Myong. "Fitele" is a term used by wrestlers when they twirl their opponent on their back a few times with great speed, to score match-winning six technical points.

Yogeshwar was inspired by Balraj Pehelwan and has taken to a Sport where the human effort is backed by scientific inputs.

Yogeshwar had qualified for the 2012 Olympics by winning a silver medal at an Asian qualification tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan where he lost to Iranian Mahmoud Masoud Esmaeilpour Jouybari (2-3, 0-1).

At the Olympics he had lost to the Russian B Kudukhov 1-0, 2-0 and was knocked out from the pre-quaterfinal round. He got a chance to contest in the repechage rounds as Kudukhov reached the finals of the event.

 

In his first repechage round he went on to beat Franklin Gómez of Puerto Rico with a score of 1-0, 1-0. He had gotten lucky against his opponent, winning the toss on both the occasions to earn a clinch position. Yogeshwar then scored 7-5 to beat Mahmoud Masoud Esmaeilpour Jouybari with an aggregate of counted points 3-1 in Repechage Round 2. Esmaeilpour Jouybari had beaten Yogeshwar at the Asian qualifications earlier that year.

He finally beat his North Korean opponent to clinch the bronze medal (0-1, 1-0, 6-0). He was exceptional in the last round, and clinched it in just 1:02 minutes.

At the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, Yogeshwar overcame a career-threatening knee injury to win the 60kg title. Yogeshwar, who went past Australian Farzad Tarash (6-0, 7-0), South African Marius Loots (7-1) and England's Sasha Madyarchyk (4-4, 8-0) on his way to the final, came up with an exceptionally skillful performance to win the gold for India.

Yogeshwar represented India in the 60 kilogram wrestling freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He earned his berth for the Olympics by winning gold at the 2008 Asian championship in March 2008 held at Jeju City in South Korea.  At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Yogeshwar got a bye in the first round. In the pre-quarterfinals, he beat Kazakhstan's Baurzhan Orazgaliyev 8-3. Yogeshwar lost to Kenichi Yumoto of Japan 3-6 in the quarterfinals of the 60 kg freestyle event. He ranked 9th.

Yogeshwar had lost his father on August 3, 2006 just nine days before he boarded the flight to Doha for the Asian Games. He also sustained a knee injury, but despite all the emotional and physical trauma he managed to win the bronze in the 60 kilogram category at the 15th Asian Games at Doha.


At the Athens Olympics in 2004 Dutt took part in Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 55 kg and stood 18th.  At the Athens Olympics in 2004 Dutt took part in Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 55 kg and stood 18th.

Yogeshwar Dutt born on November 2, 1982 in  Sonipat District, Haryana, India.  He is from a Brahmin family and his parents were teachers. He started wrestling from a very young age of 8 years. His inspiration was Balraj Pehlwan who was from his native village and he was trained under the guidance of coach Ramphal.

Mary Kom Indian Boxer won the bronze medal in Olympics 2012 London

Mary Kom Indian Boxer  won the bronze medal in Olympics 2012 London.  Mary Kom becoming the country's first woman boxer to win a medal at the Olympics when she finished with a bronze in the 51kg event at the London Games Wednesday. MC Mary Kom is turning out to be the cerebral fighter at the London Olympics. Up against the tall and strapping Maroua Rahali from Tunisia, the diminutive Indian used a solid strategy to outpunch her opponent 15-6 and assured herself of a bronze medal.

Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, also known as MC Mary Kom, Magnificent Mary or simply Mary Kom, is an Indian boxer. Mary Kom born on 1 March 1983 in Manipur. Mary Kom is a five-time World Boxing champion, and the only woman boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six world championships. She is the only Indian woman boxer to have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing in the flyweight (51kg) category and won the bronze medal. She has also been ranked as No. 4 AIBA World Women's Ranking Flyweight category.

Mary Kom became only the second Indian boxer after Vijender Singh to win an Olympic medal. Vijender got a bronze in Beijing fours years ago.

The first Olympic round was held on 5 August 2012, with Kom defeating Karolina Michalczuk of Poland 19-14 in the third women's boxing match ever to be fought at the Olympics. In the quarter-final, the following day, she defeated Maroua Rahali of Tunisia with a score of 15-6. She faced Nicola Adams of UK in the semi-final on August 8, 2012 and lost the bout 6 points to 11. However, she stood third in the competition and garnered her first Olympic Bronze medal.

Kom was accompanied to London by her motherand husband. Kom's coach Charles Atkinson will not join her at the Olympic Village as he doesn't possess an International Boxing Association (AIBA) 3 Star Certification, which is mandatory for accreditation.

Mary, a five-time world champion, had won several medals in the 46 and 48kg categories. She was forced to shift to this category and gain weight two years ago after the world body decided to allow women’s boxing in only three weight categories—the lowest one being 51kg.

At the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship, Kom was competing not just for the championship itself but also for a place at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, the first time women's boxing had featured as an Olympic sport. She was defeated in the 51 kg quarter-finals by Nicola Adams of the UK (to whom she would eventually lose in the semifinal of the London 2012 Olympic Games as well), making this the first year since the championship began that Kom did not win a medal, but did succeed in getting a place for the Olympics. She was the only Indian woman to qualify for boxing event, with Laishram Sarita Devi narrowly missing a place in the 60 kg class.

Mary Kom Achievements

Year	Place	Weight	Competition	Location
2001	Second	48	Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships	Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
2002	First	45	Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships	Antalya, Turkey
2002	First	45	Witch Cup	Pécs, Hungary
2003	First	46	Asian Women’s Championships	Hisar, India
2004	First	46	Women’s World Cup	Tønsberg, Norway
2005	First	46	Asian Women’s Championships	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2005	First	46	Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships	Podolsk, Russia
2006	First	46	Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships	New Delhi, India
2006	First	46	Venus Women’s Box Cup	Vejle, Denmark
2008	First	46	Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships	Ningbo, China
2008	Second	46	Asian Women’s Championships	Guwahati, India
2009	First	46	Asian Indoor Games	Hanoi, Vietnam
2010	First	48	Women's World Amateur Boxing Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados
2010	First	46	Asian Women’s Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan
2010	Third	51	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China
2011	First	48	Asian Women’s Cup	Haikou, China
2012	First	51	Asian Women's Championships	Ulan Bator, Mongolia
2012	Third	51	Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom