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IOC drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics UPDATE: Wrestling reinstated!
Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:47 am
Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:47 am
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Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:52 am to genro
Pussification of Olympics.
This post was edited on 2/12/13 at 7:52 am
Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:52 am to genro
That's crazy.
ETA:
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?
ETA:
quote:
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?
This post was edited on 2/12/13 at 7:56 am
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.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:54 am to Bunk Moreland
can't take Kurt Angle winning anymore
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.
Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:57 am to genro
as long as they keep synchronized swimming
Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:58 am to genro
Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:59 am to genro
Is this a fricking joke?
Posted on 2/12/13 at 7:59 am to Bunk Moreland
quote:
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.
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...
Posted on 2/12/13 at 8:06 am to DriveByBBQ
quote:
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
Posted on 2/12/13 at 8:06 am to genro
terrible decision
Posted on 2/12/13 at 8:13 am to genro
Dumb
Posted on 2/12/13 at 8:16 am to genro
wtf is this bullshite
Posted on 2/12/13 at 8:26 am to genro
I'm astonished. Terrible decision.
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
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.
Wrestling is one of the foundational sports of the 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)
frick THE IOC
(BTW I golf)
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