One of India’s brightest medal hopes, wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt’s journey in Rio Olympics got over in just six minutes, losing to Mongolia’s Mandakhnaran Ganzorigiin in his very first bout. Dutt, who won a bronze medal at the London Olympics four years ago, was always going to face difficulty in this Olympics as the world wrestling body had merged the 60kg category, in which he won at London, with the 66kg to make for a 65 kg class.
The hope was for Ganzorigiin to make it to the final, so that Dutt gets a shot at bronze medal through the repechage. That, however, did not happen, with the Mongolian losing to Russia’s Soslan Ramonov in the third round.
As expected fans were disappointed and took to Twitter to express their frustration on the wrestler. Here are some of the reactions:
#YogeshwarDutt ur still r hero?? some time u win some time u learn
— Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) August 21, 2016
#YogeshwarDutt WITH THIS KIND OF PERFORMANCE, DO V EVEN DESERVE A REPECHAGE ? @DuttYogi #HIGHLYDISAPPOINTED
— KJ (@podlangai) August 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/Atheist_Krishna/status/767377442520506368
#YogeshwarDutt was spewing venom against Salman Khan only, But was silent over selection of Neeta Ambani & AR Rahman, HYPOCRITE LOSER!!!!
— Parth R™ (@Parth_Dil_Se) August 21, 2016
Now I think @DeShobhaa was right but she forget to mention exception as dipa,sindhu,sakshi.#YogeshwarDutt
— Sunil Yadav (@sunilkydav) August 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/sabkilengayab/status/767326364429119488
Boys and Girls, #olympics is over. Go to study rooms and concentrate on your Engineering /Medical/ Management entrance tests #YogeshwarDutt
— Kerala_Ajzal (@ajzalmuneem) August 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/munishbansal_io/status/767334998949060608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/hankypanty/status/767325521315295232
https://twitter.com/sumeetbhatia_11/status/767325410975768576