IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics
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E-mail Agencies, February 13, 2013
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The IOC President, Jacques Rogge, attends the meeting on Tuesday where officials discuss ways to "streamline" the Olympics. [Photo: Sohu.com] |
![The IOC President, Jacques Rogge, attends the meeting on Tuesday where officials discuss ways to 'streamline' the Olympics. [Photo: Sohu.com]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20130213/001422373e191285434d4d.jpg "The IOC President, Jacques Rogge, attends the meeting on Tuesday where officials discuss ways to 'streamline' the Olympics. [Photo: Sohu.com]")
The International Olympic Committee voted to drop wrestling from its schedule for the 2020 Games.
The unexpected decision was made via secret ballot during a Tuesday meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland where officials were discussing ways to "streamline" the Olympics.
Though many assumed modern pentathlon would get the boot, the committee instead decided to eliminate wrestling, which has roots in the ancient Greece games and has been a part of every modern Olympics since they began in 1896.
The vote was completed over several rounds and the final totals were not released to the public.
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