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Beijing: Another Olympic medal slipped out of India's hands when Yogeshwar Dutt squandered lead in the third and final round to lose the wrestling quarterfinal tie of the 60kg free style category against Kenichi Yumoto of Japan in Beijing today. Dutt made a good start to his bout winning the first round 1-0 but his opponent bounced back to win the second, earning four points to draw parity.
The Indian wrestler again seized the initiative early in the decisive third round, going ahead 1-0 but failed to hold on to the lead in the last 10 seconds and gave away two match winning points to his opponent to lose 2-1. A win in this round would have assured at least a bronze for India as losing semifinalist gets a medal in the competition. Earlier in the day, Dutt had beaten Kazakhstan's Baurzhan Orazgaliyeb 3-1. (PTI) | 
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