sad news for wrestling fans

[CRlightweight]

International Olympic Committee drops wrestling from the 2020 Olympic program - The Washington Post

 

[goiahawks]

WHAT? This is disgusting. How does the IOC let this happen? Complete joke

 

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

Terrible decision.

 

[SPGroth]

That makes sense, dump that oldest sport in the Olympics!

 

[Churlish79]

..I heard this on the radio this morning and couldn't F'in believe it!

What. The. Hell?!

 

[CRlightweight]

here's a current list of sports for the 2016 olympics. Rugby and golf get added for Rio and then wrestling gets dropped. unbelievable
The 2016 Summer Olympic programme features 28 sports and a total of 42 disciplines.

• 
  Archery (4)
• 
  Athletics (47)
• 
  Badminton (5)
• 
  Basketball (2)
• 
  Boxing (13)
• 
  Canoeing (16)
• 
  Cycling (18)
• 
  Diving (8)
• 
  Equestrian (6)
• 
  Fencing (10)
• 
  Field hockey (2)
• 
  Football (2)
• 
  Golf (2)
• 
  Gymnastics (18)
• 
  Handball (2)
• 
  Judo (14)
• 
  Modern pentathlon (2)
• 
  Rugby sevens (2)
• 
  Rowing (14)
• 
  Sailing (10)
• 
  Shooting (17)
• 
  Swimming (32)
• 
  Synchronized swimming(2)
• 
  Table tennis (4)
• 
  Taekwondo (8)
• 
  Tennis (5)
• 
  Triathlon (2)
• 
  Volleyball (4)
• 
  Water polo (2)
• 
  Weightlifting (15)
• 
  Wrestling (18)

 

[SPGroth]

Can't wait to hear Gable's take on this. We toured the wrestling practice room after the dual on Sunday. Met Gable at the top of the stairs and he was congratulating the team that we were with because they were a start up team at a high school that had not had a wrestling team for 28 years. He said that they continue to fight to keep wrestling teams in both the high school and college levels. This is a horrible set back!

 

[pumpdog20]

This is absolutely insane! Thank god, we have MMA to hopefully keep college wrestling alive.

 

[You]

Ridiculous

 

[bighawkeyedaddy]

Thank goodness they didn't get rid of a real competitive sport, like synchronized swimming.

 

[hawkfan340]

That blows.

 

[Drakebulldog93]

Feminization of the world.

 

[pumpdog20]

There is one last shot at inclusion and that is the fact that the next meeting to decide with sport to replace wrestling (which could actually be a reinstatement) is in Russia.

 

[Eda]

Um... Canoeing? Really? So if you win the canoe race, do they give you an Olympic medal or the Boy Scout patch that you've just earned?
This is terrible news.

 

[Dominate]

Never thought I'd see wrestling dropped as an Olympic sport during my lifetime. What a sad/pathetic decision.
Olympic politics at their best.

 

[CAARHawk]

Iowa's historic sport, in which they have recently been relegated to also-ran status, is now even more fringe.

Wow.

 

[ColoradoHAWKEYE]

This is a terrible decision, yet I think bulldog got it right as to why...equality for women. Total bs.

 

[CRlightweight]

Um... Canoeing? Really? So if you win the canoe race, do they give you an Olympic medal or the Boy Scout patch that you've just earned?
This is terrible news.

what makes it worse that they have canoeing is that they also have rowing! same f-ing thing in my book. might as well have golf and mini golf.

 

[bws258]

Personally, I don't watch wrestling. But this decision is completely ridiculous!

Iran agrees ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/iran-blog/2013/feb/12/wrestling-dropped-olympic-games-iran-reaction

 

[brett108]

Thank goodness they didn't get rid of a real competitive sport, like synchronized swimming.

Or trampoline, racewalking, table tennis.

I hope they decide to cut the marathon next. Nobody watches that.