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Bout about to start..

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After first half of 3 mins score 0-1..Point lead for Mangolian wrestler.

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Second half of 3 mins started in the bout..

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Score 0-3 time ticking..

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Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran 3-0 Yogeshwar dutt..    Mangolian wrestler wins the bout...

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17:09 hrs IST: Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt loses 3-0 to Mongolia's Mandakhnaran in the 65kg wrestling freestyle qualifying event.

17:05 hrs IST: A tremendous back flip position by Mandakhnaran gives the Mongolian two points. Yogeshwar is trailing 0-3.

17:04 hrs IST: Yogeshwar is trailing 0-1 after the end of the first period of three minutes. The Indian is on the attack but Mandakhnaran's defence is very strong.

17:02 hrs IST: Yogeshwar now has to secure a point in 30 seconds. If he does not attack, the Mongolian wrestler gets one point.

17:00 hrs IST: The Mongolian is already on the attack against Yogeshwar. The Indian is slow to get off the blocks.

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The only hope for India is for Ganzorigiin to advance to the final, in which case Dutt will get a second chance in the form of repechage.

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1745 hrs IST: Mandakhnaran has beaten China’s Katai and is into the quarters. Two more wins and Dutt gets repechage

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End of the road for Yogeshwar Dutt in RIO olympics 

18:48 (IST)

Wrestling update!

M.Ganzorig loses in the quarter-finals to Russia 6-0. 

With lose of Ganzorig, no chance of Repechage for Yogeshwar :(

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8 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

End of the road for Yogeshwar Dutt in RIO olympics 

18:48 (IST)

Wrestling update!

M.Ganzorig loses in the quarter-finals to Russia 6-0. 

With lose of Ganzorig, no chance of Repechage for Yogeshwar

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Men’s marathon update

# Thanakal Gopi is 55th at halfway stage, Kheta Ram 68th and Nitendra Rawat 73rd. Kenya’s Wesley Korir in the lead

# Thanakal Gopi  stands 59th after the 20kms. Nitendra Rawat is 73rd while Kheta Ram is 74th after 20kms in men’s marathon.

# Ghebreslassie Ghirmay has taken over Kipchoge after the 20 km mark.  Berhanu and Bekele stands second and third, respectively.

# Nitendra Singh Rawat continues to improve as he moves to 73rd. Kheta Ram moves up 11 places to stand at 75th on the board. Gopi is 56th after the 15km mark.

# Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya is leading the men’s marathon after the first 15kms. Lemi Berhanu stands second, while Bahrain’s Alemu Bekele is at 3rd.

# Runners reach 10km mark. Thonackal Gopi moves up three places on the score board to 70. While Kheta Ram slips to 85th, Nitendra Singh moves to 75th.

# Marathon gets going in the rain. As tropical weather sets in, runners get some relief  in the 30 degrees winter weather. Here’s a quick glimpse of the route.

# Thanackal Gopi is at 73 after 5 km in the men’s marathon event.

# Nitendra Singh Rawat clocks 15:45 to reach the 5km mark. He is currently at 77.

# Kheta Ram stands 84th after the 5km mark.

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# Kipchoge Eliud of Kenya wins the men’s marathon event with a timing of 2:08:44. Lilesa Feyisa of Ethiopia ranks second while, Rupp Galen of USA claims third position.

# Thonakal Gopi 33rd, Kheta Ram 36th, Nitendra Rawat 86th after 40kms.

# Gloomy, rainy and wet conditions in Rio for the race

# Gopi improves three places to move to 52nd now, Kheta Ram by one place to 67th and Nitendra drops ten places to 83rd

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Thats it End of Proceedings for India @ RIO 2016...

Ends with One Silver & One Bronze.