The International Olympic Committee has decided to drop wrestling
from Olympic competition starting in 2020. By eliminating wrestling, the IOC
now has the option to add another sport, which was the main reason why
wrestling will be dropped.
According
to sources that spoke on anonymity to the Associated Press, wrestling was eliminated
out of a group that included field hockey, modern pentathlon, and taekwondo.
Wrestling
has been in the Olympics since the first modern Olympics in 1896 in
Athens. At last year’s London Olympics,
344 athletes participated in 11 medal events.
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