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Wrestling dropped from 2020 Games
LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- IOC leaders dropped wrestling from the Olympic program on Tuesday, a surprise decision that removes one of the oldest Olympic sports from the 2020 Games.
The IOC executive board decided to retain modern pentathlon -- the event considered most at risk -- and remove wrestling instead from its list of 25 "core sports."
The IOC board acted after reviewing the 26 sports on the current Olympic program. Eliminating one sport allows the International Olympic Committee to add a new sport to the program later this year.
Wrestling, which combines freestyle and Greco-Roman events, goes back to the inaugural modern Olympics in Athens in 1896.
"This is a process of renewing and renovating the program for the Olympics," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said. "In the view of the executive board, this was the best program for the Olympic Games in 2020. It's not a case of what's wrong with wrestling, it is what's right with the 25 core sports."
Adams said the decision was made by secret ballot over several rounds, with members voting each time on which sport should not be included in the core group. IOC President Jacques Rogge did not vote.
Wrestling was voted out from a final group that also included modern pentathlon, taekwondo and field hockey, officials familiar with the vote told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the voting details were not made public.
The board voted after reviewing a report by the IOC program commission report that analyzed 39 criteria, including television ratings, ticket sales, anti-doping policy and global participation and popularity. With no official rankings or recommendations contained in the report, the final decision by the 15-member board was also subject to political, emotional and sentimental factors.
The international wrestling federation, known by the French acronym FILA, is headed by Raphael Martinetti and is based in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland. Calls to the federation for comment were not immediately returned.
Wrestling featured 344 athletes competing in 11 medal events in freestyle and seven in Greco-Roman at last year's London Olympics. Women's wrestling was added to the Olympics at the 2004 Athens Games.
Wrestling will now join seven other sports in applying for inclusion in 2020. The others are a combined bid from baseball and softball, karate, squash, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding and wushu. They will be vying for a single opening in 2020.
The IOC executive board will meet in May in St. Petersburg, Russia, to decide which sport or sports to propose for 2020 inclusion. The final vote will be made at the IOC session, or general assembly, in September in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
It is extremely unlikely that wrestling would be voted back in so soon after being removed by the executive board.
"Today's decision is not final," Adams said. "The session is sovereign and the session will make the final decision."
The last sports removed from the Olympics were baseball and softball, voted out by the IOC in 2005 and off the program since the 2008 Beijing Games. Golf and rugby will be joining the program at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Previously considered under the closest scrutiny was modern pentathlon, which has been on the Olympic program since the 1912 Stockholm Games. It was created by French baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic movement, and combines fencing, horse riding, swimming, running and shooting.
Klaus Schormann, president of governing body UIPM, lobbied hard to protect his sport's Olympic status and it paid off in the end.
"We have promised things and we have delivered," he said after Tuesday's decision. "That gives me a great feeling. It also gives me new energy to develop our sport further and never give up."
Modern pentathlon also benefited from the work of Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., the son of the former IOC president who is a UIPM vice president and member of the IOC board.
"We were considered weak in some of the scores in the program commission report but strong in others," Samaranch told the AP. "We played our cards to the best of our ability and stressed the positives. Tradition is one of our strongest assets, but we are also a multi-sport discipline that produces very complete people."
Not a fan of Greco-Roman style, but it WAS a staple of the games for decades. Yet, golf is about to be an Olympic sport.
It's true, it's damn true.....
LAUSE.
Wrestling dropped from 2020 Games
LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- IOC leaders dropped wrestling from the Olympic program on Tuesday, a surprise decision that removes one of the oldest Olympic sports from the 2020 Games.
The IOC executive board decided to retain modern pentathlon -- the event considered most at risk -- and remove wrestling instead from its list of 25 "core sports."
The IOC board acted after reviewing the 26 sports on the current Olympic program. Eliminating one sport allows the International Olympic Committee to add a new sport to the program later this year.
Wrestling, which combines freestyle and Greco-Roman events, goes back to the inaugural modern Olympics in Athens in 1896.
"This is a process of renewing and renovating the program for the Olympics," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said. "In the view of the executive board, this was the best program for the Olympic Games in 2020. It's not a case of what's wrong with wrestling, it is what's right with the 25 core sports."
Adams said the decision was made by secret ballot over several rounds, with members voting each time on which sport should not be included in the core group. IOC President Jacques Rogge did not vote.
Wrestling was voted out from a final group that also included modern pentathlon, taekwondo and field hockey, officials familiar with the vote told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the voting details were not made public.
The board voted after reviewing a report by the IOC program commission report that analyzed 39 criteria, including television ratings, ticket sales, anti-doping policy and global participation and popularity. With no official rankings or recommendations contained in the report, the final decision by the 15-member board was also subject to political, emotional and sentimental factors.
The international wrestling federation, known by the French acronym FILA, is headed by Raphael Martinetti and is based in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland. Calls to the federation for comment were not immediately returned.
Wrestling featured 344 athletes competing in 11 medal events in freestyle and seven in Greco-Roman at last year's London Olympics. Women's wrestling was added to the Olympics at the 2004 Athens Games.
Wrestling will now join seven other sports in applying for inclusion in 2020. The others are a combined bid from baseball and softball, karate, squash, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding and wushu. They will be vying for a single opening in 2020.
The IOC executive board will meet in May in St. Petersburg, Russia, to decide which sport or sports to propose for 2020 inclusion. The final vote will be made at the IOC session, or general assembly, in September in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
It is extremely unlikely that wrestling would be voted back in so soon after being removed by the executive board.
"Today's decision is not final," Adams said. "The session is sovereign and the session will make the final decision."
The last sports removed from the Olympics were baseball and softball, voted out by the IOC in 2005 and off the program since the 2008 Beijing Games. Golf and rugby will be joining the program at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Previously considered under the closest scrutiny was modern pentathlon, which has been on the Olympic program since the 1912 Stockholm Games. It was created by French baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic movement, and combines fencing, horse riding, swimming, running and shooting.
Klaus Schormann, president of governing body UIPM, lobbied hard to protect his sport's Olympic status and it paid off in the end.
"We have promised things and we have delivered," he said after Tuesday's decision. "That gives me a great feeling. It also gives me new energy to develop our sport further and never give up."
Modern pentathlon also benefited from the work of Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., the son of the former IOC president who is a UIPM vice president and member of the IOC board.
"We were considered weak in some of the scores in the program commission report but strong in others," Samaranch told the AP. "We played our cards to the best of our ability and stressed the positives. Tradition is one of our strongest assets, but we are also a multi-sport discipline that produces very complete people."
Not a fan of Greco-Roman style, but it WAS a staple of the games for decades. Yet, golf is about to be an Olympic sport.
It's true, it's damn true.....
LAUSE.
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They should replace it with pro wrestling, WWF style......imagine the USA dominating a match and a South Korean ? slides from out under the ring and hits an American with a steel chair while a Iranian dude distracts the ref. ? would be GOAT.
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the only way this would be acceptable is if they replaced it with MMA...? that even that wouldnt be acceptable...its ? WRESTLING...you cant drop wrestling...WTF
Wrestling was like the first olympic sport...hell Zeus even defeated Chronos using Greco-Roman wrestling
You drop wrestling but you put ? Golf,Rugby,? white ? water rafting or whatever that stupid ? is in but drop one of the oldest sports alive?
And the Pentathelon *sp is ? stupid...who the ? is running,shooting,riding a horse,swimming then getting into a sword fight...? sounds like a Three Musketeers stunt double audition -
i saw one of them final days of coverage and the judges are corrupt as ? tho....same thing ive heard about olympic boxing. if they do bring it back hopefully ? has fair judges.
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P swayze166 wrote: »They should replace it with pro wrestling, WWF style......imagine the USA dominating a match and a South Korean ? slides from out under the ring and hits an American with a steel chair while a Iranian dude distracts the ref. ? would be GOAT.
then out of nowhere this comes on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guG9cVs3ms4
and Hulk comes out in a wheel chair hulking up -
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How you drop like the first Olympic game? This is like quite literally dropping the track, discus, and javelin portion of the Olympics. This would be like making The Wright Brothers stand in line for plane tickets. -
MMA for wrestling would be dope.
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? been wrestling since jesus was walkin around though. Kinda ? up
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Black_Samson wrote: »i am truly shocked.
taking away the foundation the games were built upon.
bet they leave ? ass tae kwon do in tho...
right...? ass TKD with their stupid ass rules...you cant punch a ? in the face but a flying Lui Kang foot to the face is completely legal
They kept Judo too...Judo as a martial GOAT...Judo as an olympic sport being judged by non judokas and ? ...WACK AF
The keep ? ass fencing...dont nobody wanna see a bunch of europeans stick fight with aluminum foil tooth picks
There are about a dozen other Summer Olympic sports you could get rid of Wrestling and Track & Field should be untouchable though...those are the foundation of the olympics
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How you drop like the first Olympic game? This is like quite literally dropping the track, discus, and javelin portion of the Olympics. This would be like making The Wright Brothers stand in line for plane tickets.
I remember the Utah Jazz wouldnt give Karl Malone tickets a yr or two back...they left his ass standing outside the arena
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SocialAssassinRati wrote: »O_o
How you drop like the first Olympic game? This is like quite literally dropping the track, discus, and javelin portion of the Olympics. This would be like making The Wright Brothers stand in line for plane tickets.
I remember the Utah Jazz wouldnt give Karl Malone tickets a yr or two back...they left his ass standing outside the arena
My dude... say word? I need that Wee Bay gif something serious.
He's a third of the reason anyone even knows there's a team in that state (Sloan, Malone, Stockton).
They've ? on 2/3s already. Guess they'll hang John Stockton if he ever gives a damn to resurface.
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SocialAssassinRati wrote: »O_o
How you drop like the first Olympic game? This is like quite literally dropping the track, discus, and javelin portion of the Olympics. This would be like making The Wright Brothers stand in line for plane tickets.
I remember the Utah Jazz wouldnt give Karl Malone tickets a yr or two back...they left his ass standing outside the arena
My dude... say word? I need that Wee Bay gif something serious.
He's a third of the reason anyone even knows there's a team in that state (Sloan, Malone, Stockton).
They've ? on 2/3s already. Guess they'll hang John Stockton if he ever gives a damn to resurface.
Word...it was on the Yahoo front page ESPN and everything...I was like WTF really Utah
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/did-karl-malone-buy-scalped-ticket-see-former-181842271.html
apparently he had to buy tickets from a scalper...Mormons dont give ? -
*Proceeds to text-troll my homeboy who thinks Wrestling is the greatest sport on earth...
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SocialAssassinRati wrote: »SocialAssassinRati wrote: »O_o
How you drop like the first Olympic game? This is like quite literally dropping the track, discus, and javelin portion of the Olympics. This would be like making The Wright Brothers stand in line for plane tickets.
I remember the Utah Jazz wouldnt give Karl Malone tickets a yr or two back...they left his ass standing outside the arena
My dude... say word? I need that Wee Bay gif something serious.
He's a third of the reason anyone even knows there's a team in that state (Sloan, Malone, Stockton).
They've ? on 2/3s already. Guess they'll hang John Stockton if he ever gives a damn to resurface.
Word...it was on the Yahoo front page ESPN and everything...I was like WTF really Utah
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/did-karl-malone-buy-scalped-ticket-see-former-181842271.html
apparently he had to buy tickets from a scalper...Mormons dont give ?
It's Malone though he's a known martyr.....I'm pretty sure there's more to the story -
I wonder what Kurt's feeling about this
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So they gonna keep curling
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But Greco-Roman Wrestling can't get a run. -
I wonder what Kurt's feeling about this
He was on SportsCenter HURTIN. ? sounded like he wanted to cry on the phone. I hope someone Youtube'd that ? . I felt bad for the dude. -
Even if wrestling is eliminated, I'll always remember Kurt Angle winnin the gold with a broken, freakin neck.
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Olympics never gave it the shine it did anyway. WWE needs to organize an independent wrestling tournament every couple of years. Get TNA & UFC involved as well. It would be goat.
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They might as well make dodgeball an olympic sport already.
Middle-aged white guys from around the globe would give their right arm to be on that final roster. -
I was shocked when I found out. Can't believe wrestling is getting dumped. I also can't believe racewalking is considered an olympic sport. smh
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remove wrestling. keep ping pong. makes sense.
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