Showing posts with label Olympic Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympic Games. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Wrestling Dropped From Olympics


LAUSANNE, Switzerland—Leaders of the International Olympic Committee dropped wrestling from the Olympic program on Tuesday, a surprise decision that removes one of the oldest Olympic sports from the 2020 Games.
Associated Press
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."