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(6,597 posts) Tue Feb 12, 2013, 12:20 PM Feb 2013

IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics [View all]

Source: SI.com

In a surprise recommendation, the IOC dropped wrestling from the Olympics beginning in 2020 on Tuesday. According to a Reuters report, the decision was just a recommendation and the sport will have a chance to make it back onto the program when the committee meets in Buenos Aires in September. However, it is unlikely wrestling will be voted back in; a total of seven sports are fighting for one spot....

Other sports considered in the Tuesday recommendation included taekwondo, modern pentathlon and field hockey. According to Olympic sports writer Philip Hersh, financial considerations may have been a more important factor than popularity:

So much for IOC's alleged standard of universality for sports: modern pentathlon had athletes from 26 countries in London; wrestling, 71—
Philip Hersh (@olyphil) February 12, 2013

Read more: http://tracking.si.com/2013/02/12/ioc-drops-wrestling-from-2020-olympics/

The decline of the Olympics continue. They replace wrestling a sport any kid can learn for practically free, with the modern pentathlon a sport with a $75k starting kit.

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Uh, I thought this was a joke until I checked..... Burma Jones Feb 2013 #1

I thought it was a joke too. Wrestling dropped in favor of modern pentathlon sounds like the Onion. Exultant Democracy Feb 2013 #7

yes, lets take out an original sport from the original olympics... actslikeacarrot Feb 2013 #2

Well, the sheep skull-toss was never instituted in the contemporary games, either. LanternWaste Feb 2013 #78

Wow. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #3

Because.... Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #5

+1000 Rowdyboy Feb 2013 #8

Indeed! +1 eom Purveyor Feb 2013 #13

Don't forget Olympic Fucking Beach Volleyball KansDem Feb 2013 #14

I would agree except Beach Volleyball is one of their most popular events. Renew Deal Feb 2013 #42

Or the Standing Broad Jump or Standing High Jump... KansDem Feb 2013 #45

You take the T+A out of beach volleyball, and see what kind of ratings it pulls... Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #51

Yea, there's some odd ones. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #17

Sychronized Swimming Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #26

Olympic walking came from pedestrianism AngryAmish Feb 2013 #35

And Trampoline tridim Feb 2013 #52

The athletes aren't telegenic enough for the broadcast audience, pretty much. Posteritatis Feb 2013 #54

I can think of no more direct connection to the original first Olympic games NBachers Feb 2013 #4

Naked Wrestling (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #6

Naked boxing, too. kentauros Feb 2013 #10

Defintely popular in the ratings! (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #11

Well, if it was only naked men, Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #69

What about dressage? I've heard that Rafalca is an ancient Greek term for aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #21

Mixed martial arts were from the first olympics AngryAmish Feb 2013 #36

Breaking: IOC announces it is dropping sports from the Olympics Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #9

LOL, just turn it into a reality TV show. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #18

The Real Housewives of Sparta (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #24

Did you write that yourself? Occulus Feb 2013 #41

*blush* Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #48

Every athlete profiled either had a dire disease or lost a loved one recently.... radhika Feb 2013 #65

I don't like wrestling but this does seem absurd. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2013 #12

But I'm sure dressage will still be around for Ann to send her horse to. okwmember Feb 2013 #15

I don't really care for it, but Dressage is legit. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #20

Television has ruined every sport it has touched. Ruined. Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #16

Wrestling is the original Olympic sport! Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2013 #19

But boxing remains? hedgehog Feb 2013 #22

Having been pressured into taking my son to a few WWE events, Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #23

WWE is not 'wrestling'... eom Purveyor Feb 2013 #27

Night and day difference HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #29

Not the same vdogg Feb 2013 #30

You should write for the Onion. nt NoGOPZone Feb 2013 #32

That isn't wrestling -- good grief obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #58

I guess that explains why The Undertaker has never won an Olympic Gold (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #63

ohhhhhh yessssss d_b Feb 2013 #66

You are joking ...right? nt Drahthaardogs Feb 2013 #79

Stupid decision. SwissTony Feb 2013 #25

Agreed AngryAmish Feb 2013 #37

That's why I think golf and tennis should be dropped, too obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #59

Golf, tennis and basketball with millionaires competing UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #75

im pissed at the cheating of the italians. cant believe their defenders get away with it. loli phabay Feb 2013 #74

Are you talking about Celtic v Juve? SwissTony Feb 2013 #76

lol the bully wee. im a Tim for my sins. still didnt expect to get this far loli phabay Feb 2013 #77

And somewhere Gilgamesh is weeping... FailureToCommunicate Feb 2013 #28

Taekwondo oberle Feb 2013 #31

The modern pentathlon isn't a 'replacement' NoGOPZone Feb 2013 #33

Golf and rugby are teh replacement sports obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #60

gtfo d_b Feb 2013 #34

Trampoline! Renew Deal Feb 2013 #43

Trampoline and rhythmic gymnastics need to go obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #61

Whew...i thought they might drop Golf Lochloosa Feb 2013 #38

I was worried too. timdog44 Feb 2013 #46

to be fair, modern pentathalon was one of the original olympic events.. frylock Feb 2013 #39

I would say that both the Greeks and the Roman are familiar with it. Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #49

badminton is the sport of GODS!!1 frylock Feb 2013 #50

Lesser gods, perhaps.... Jeff In Milwaukee Feb 2013 #53

Modern pentathalon first appeared in 1912 (Stockholm) Angleae Feb 2013 #67

At least we still have women's beach volleyball indie9197 Feb 2013 #40

They have to make room for sport climbing and wakeboarding. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2013 #47

70+ countries field Olympic teams in wrestling obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #62

petition here d_b Feb 2013 #44

And yet beach volleyball, synchronized swimming, and equestrianism rachel1 Feb 2013 #55

IOC rhymes with NAZI... Octafish Feb 2013 #56

Golf in, wrestling out, secret votes and hidden bribes obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #57

The IOC no longer cares about amateur sports Blasphemer Feb 2013 #64

They've admitted this years ago when they justified dropping baseball. Angleae Feb 2013 #68

We will have soon Computer mouse control. MrYikes Feb 2013 #70

That was the only sport I was any good at. Ash_F Feb 2013 #71

"Modern Pentathlon" was intended for those people who would have done the Pentathlon in Ancient times happyslug Feb 2013 #73

Thanks. So I was somewhat right. Ash_F Feb 2013 #82

Me too. In 8th grade I was uncoordinated and could never catch or hit a ball. slackmaster Feb 2013 #81

To those clamoring for the removal of racewalking from the Olympics NoGOPZone Feb 2013 #72

Time to get rid of the Olympics LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #80