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Olympics officials wrestling with an identity crisis
Change of SubjectFriday's print column Dear International Olympic Committee: I don't ask that you back down from your preliminary plan, announced this week, to eliminate wrestling from the list of now-25 core events for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and beyond. And...... -
Olympics wrestling with an identity crisis
Dear International Olympic Committee: I don't ask that you back down from your preliminary plan, announced this week, to eliminate wrestling from the list of now-25 core events for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and beyond. And I don't ask that you...
Tags: Sports Organizations, Gymnastics, Wrestling, Summer Olympics
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Oscar Pistorius' former coach reacts to news of his arrest in slaying
The former coach of Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius said he was stunned by the news that the double-amputee was arrested Thursday in connection with the slaying of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. "It's incredible for anyone involved with Oscar, especially...
Tags: Track and Field, O.J. Simpson, Sports Organizations, Murder, Oscar Pistorius
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Iranians bemoan Olympics cutting treasured sport of wrestling
Dozens of wrestling greats and their agitated fans gathered Thursday in Tehran to lament the elimination from the Olympics of the sport, which has a storied past in Iran. Olympic officials decided Tuesday to cut wrestling from the 2020 Games,...
Tags: United Nations, Iran, Tehran (Iran), Russia, Oscar Pistorius
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What sport should replace wrestling in the Olympics?
The International Olympic Committee dropped wrestling as a Summer Games sport on Tuesday, meaning that effective with the 2020 Games, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling won't be a part of the festivities after being in every Summer Olympics since 1896....
Tags: FIFA World Cup, Track and Field, Softball, Elections, Sports Organizations
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U.S. wrestlers outraged over decision to drop sport from Olympics
To say U.S. wrestlers are unhappy about the IOC's decision to drop their sport from the Olympics is an understatement. “I don't think I've really accepted it yet,” said Cael Sanderson, who won a gold medal at the 2004 Games. “I'll...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Modern Pentathlon, Sports Organizations, Kurt Angle, Wrestling
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Wrestling gets no respect from Olympic committee
Boy did the IOC executive board make a huge blunder and underestimate exactly what it was doing when it made a purely political decision by recommending the removal of wrestling for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Tennis, anyone? How about golf?...
Tags: Track and Field, Sports Organizations, Wrestling, Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics
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Jacques Rogge to meet with wrestling leader to discuss Olympics
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, under fire after the IOC's decision to drop wrestling from the Olympics on Tuesday, says he will meet with the head of wrestling's governing body to discuss ways the sport can fight to return to the...
Tags: Sports Organizations, Modern Pentathlon, Wrestling
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Former IOC president's son is modern pentathlon vice president
A lot of people are scratching their head today over the International Olympic Committee's decision to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympics, starting with the 2020 Games. The sport many people believed should have been dropped, modern pentathlon,...
Tags: Track and Field, Sports Organizations, Modern Pentathlon, Pentathlon Swimming, Summer Olympics
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World of wrestling reacts to IOC's decision to drop sport
The fallout from the International Olympic Committee's stunning decision to drop wrestling from the Summer Games beginning in 2020 has drawn outrage from wrestling officials and competitors around the world. Former Olympic champion Cael Sanderson of the...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Modern Pentathlon, Sports Organizations, Olympic Games, Wrestling
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IOC votes to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympics
In a stunning surprise, the International Olympic Committee dropped wrestling, which has been a part of the modern Games since they began in 1896, from the Summer Olympics starting in 2020. Modern pentathlon was considered the most likely sport to be...
Tags: Modern Pentathlon, Sports Organizations, Sports Illustrated, Olympic Games, Summer Olympics
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US wrestlers blindsided by Olympic ouster
Rulon Gardner's epic upset of Russian wrestling great Alexander Karelin in 2000 remains one of the most compelling moments of the modern Olympics. Starting in 2020, youngsters looking to Gardner and Karelin for inspiration won't have a chance to excel on...
Tags: Jordan Burroughs, Awards and Prizes, Media Industry, Sports Organizations, Jake Varner
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