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genro 
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| IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:47 am)
Wrestling has been featured in every single Olympic games dating back to 1896. No longer.
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JJ27 
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:52 am to genro)
Pussification of Olympics.
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BluegrassBelle 
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:52 am to genro)
That's crazy.
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Wrestling was voted out from a final group that also included modern pentathlon, taekwondo and field hockey, officials familiar with the vote told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the voting details were not made public.
Dropped it over Taekwondo and Field Hockey? Are you serious, Clark? And when did the IOC get so hard up that they have to start cutting programs from the Olympics? 
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Bunk Moreland 
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:53 am to genro)
If there is even one X games type event in 2020, this is a disgrace.
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Bryon Bojengles III
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:54 am to Bunk Moreland)
can't take Kurt Angle winning anymore
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JJ27
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:56 am to Bunk Moreland)
They're talking of putting Wakeboarding in over Wrestling. Wow... Golf and Rugby will be in starting in 2016. Hopefully Baseball/Softball gets the other slot because the other 5 nominees suck dick.
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Kafka 
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:57 am to genro)
as long as they keep synchronized swimming
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:58 am to genro)
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Wrestler171 
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:59 am to genro)
Is this a fricking joke?
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LSU316
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:59 am to Bunk Moreland)
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If there is even one X games type event in 2020, this is a disgrace.
Oh I guarantee you that fruity boy BMX bike riding is in Jack......How they can justify canning one of the sports that the original ancient Olympics was built on is crazy.
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DriveByBBQ 
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 8:01 am to genro)
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Wrestling
One of the few "original" Olympic events... shite the ancient Greeks actually competed in...I've always thought the Winter Olympics were bullshite, the greeks never competed in snow sports...
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Kafka
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 8:06 am to DriveByBBQ)
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I've always thought the Winter Olympics were bullshite, the greeks never competed in snow sports...
1) They were added to give European countries something to dominate
2) Can't get rid of them b/c they're too popular w/ the female TV audience
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Feed Me Popeyes
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 8:06 am to genro)
terrible decision
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Navytiger74
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 8:07 am to DriveByBBQ)
What a goddamned joke.
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tigerpimpbot 
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 8:13 am to genro)
Dumb
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StraightCashHomey21 
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 8:16 am to genro)
wtf is this bullshite
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C
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 8:26 am to genro)
I'm astonished. Terrible decision.
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Kafka
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 8:27 am to C)
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I'm astonished
You may be astonished, but I'm flabbergasted
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Baloo
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 8:32 am to Kafka)
Yet they keep modern pentathalon?!
Wrestling is one of the foundational sports of the Olympics.
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LSUCanFAN
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| re: IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics (Posted on 2/12/13 at 8:41 am to genro)
Just one more decision that tips the balance in favour of the IOC being the most corrupt organization in the history of the world...so they are adding Golf which many consider an prohibitively expensive sport and need to drop one...
frick THE IOC  (BTW I golf)
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