Indian Olympic medallist and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, on Wednesday, took to the micro blogging site, Twitter, to comment on his silver medal elevation from the London 2012 Olympics. Yogeshwar, who had a disappointing stint at the recently concluded Rio 2016 Olympics, had something to lift up his spirits when reports started making the rounds about his bronze medal, from the London Olympics, to get upgraded to silver. The unexpected upgrade was triggered by a positive dope test of the silver winner in the 60-kg freestyle event in London – Russia’s Besik Kudukhov. 
 
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 In London, Yogeshwar had lost his pre-quarterfinal bout to Kudukhov. When the Russian wrestler reached the final, Yogeshwar got another opportunity for a podium finish in the repechage round – he defeated Franklin Gomez of Puerto Rico, Masoud Esmaeilpour of Iran and Ri Jong-myong of North Korea to claim bronze. 
 
 Earlier, Yogeshwar had refused to comment on the issue. But on Tuesday evening the wrestler said, “Jo likha hota hai, wo hoke rehta hai (What’s written in the stars is bound to happen).” 
 
 He further commented, “This is good, another victory for India.” 
 
 Yogeshwar had clarified that he didn’t receive any official confirmation on the elevation of his bronze medal to silver from 2012 London Games. He also dedicated his silver medal to the people of India through his tweet. 
 
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 Yogeshwar, on Wednesday morning, said that he wanted Besik Kudukhov’s family to keep the silver medal. Besik died in a car accident back in 2013 just a year after the London Summer Games. But IOC’s re-testing of samples for dope abuse revealed that Besik had taken performance enhancing drugs during the London Games. 
 
 Yogeshwar said that sympathy towards the deceased and his family is paramount for him. Yogeshwar also acknowledged Besik as a “great” wrestler and he still respected him as a wrestler. 
 
 अगर हो सके तो ये मेडल उन्ही के पास रहने दिया जाए। उनके परिवार के लिए भी सम्मानपूर्ण होगा। मेरे लिए मानवीय संवेदना सर्वोपरि है। — Yogeshwar Dutt (@DuttYogi) 31 August 2016 
 
 Besik Kudukhov शानदार पहलवान थे। उनका मृत्यु के पश्चात dope test में fail हो जाना दुखद हैं। मैं खिलाड़ी के रूप में उनका सम्मान करता हूँ। — Yogeshwar Dutt (@DuttYogi) 31 August 2016 
 
 The standard practice, which involves re-testing of samples stored for up to 10 years to allow the use 
 
 of advanced testing methods to weed out dope cheats, conducted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had paved the way for Yogeshwar to join the ranks of wrestler Sushil Kumar and shooter Vijay Kumar as silver-medallists for India. 

 Highlights 1 Yogeshwar's London 2012 Bronze is about to be upgraded to Silver 
 
 2 Reports suggest the Silver medalist has tested positive for banned substance 
 
 3 Official confirmation will have to come from the UWW and the IOC 
 
 In a gracious gesture, Yogeshwar Dutt has refused to take possession of the Silver medal, which would be officially due to him soon. 
 
 The Indian wrestler had tweeted on Tuesday to confirm that the Bronze he won at the 60 kg freestyle event at the London Olympics would be upgraded to Silver after its original recipient Besik Kudukhov of Russia, tested positive for a dope test. 
 
 Kudukhov's samples, stored from the 2012 Games, were retested and he was found to have tested positive for banned substances. That triggered a small celebration in the Dutt household but Yogeshwar had mixed feelings. (Good for Yogeshwar Dutt, but it's not the first time Olympic medals have changed colours) 
 
 
 
 In fact, Yogeshwar told India Today, that he felt strange with the upgrade because Kudukhov was a friend. The latter died in a car crash aged 27. 
 
 "I am feeling very strange because Besit was a good friend of mine. I had trained in Russia for two months before the London Olympics. I knew him well," Yogeshwar said on Tuesday. 
 
 On Wednesday, Yogeshwar tweeted to say that he would let the Kudukhov family keep the Silver medal their son had won four years ago. 
 
 
 
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 Yogeshwar will soon join ranks with Sushil Kumar , shooter Vijay Kumar and shuttler PV Sindhu as Indians with Olympic Silver medals.
– It's not often an Olympian turns down a medal, but that's exactly what Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt is trying to do. Yogeshwar won bronze at the 2012 Olympics in London, Indian Express reports. But the wrestler who beat him, Russia's Besik Kudukhov, was discovered to have been doping by the IOC, which was testing old samples. That means Kudukhov's medal will be vacated, and Yogeshwar will be awarded the silver. But it's more complicated than that. Kudukhov, who Yogeshwar describes to India Today as a "good friend," died in a car crash in 2013. "I am feeling very strange," Yogeshwar says. "I knew him well." On Wednesday, Yogeshwar said he wanted Kudukhov's family to keep his medal to keep their "honor intact," PTI reports. He says it's "very sad" that Kudukhov had to test positive for doping after his death. He says his friend was a "magnificent wrestler." "I respect him," he says. (A 7-year-old girl found an Olympic gold medal in the trash.)