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IOC gives wrestling second life

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One day after selecting the host city for the 2020 Games, the International Olympic Committee had another criticial decision to make on Sunday-which sport would gain inclusion into the Tokyo Summer Olympics.

The finalist sports: wrestling which was dropped in a bizarre decision earlier this year by the IOC along with squash and a combined baseball/softball bid. The original removal of wrestling was a huge shock but on Sunday in Buenos Aires, Argentina ,the IOC would deliver a decision that simply made too much sense not to happen.

Following the 2012 Games, the IOC assessed the 26 Olympic events held in London, and selected 25 'core' sports to join new entrants golf and rugby sevens at the 2020 Games,somehow, Wrestling was deemed to not be a core sport at that time. The IOC's decision to reinstate wrestling means the Tokyo Games will feature 28 sports.

 

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