In case proof were needed that FIFA still has competition in the category of "Most Screwed Up Governing Body in Sports": IOC Drops Wrestling From 2020 Olympics. Wrestling has been part of the Olympics for more than two and a half thousand years; modern pentathlon has been the subject of much skepticism since it was added in 1912. Guess which one will still be in the Olympics in 2020?
More like 1500 years if you want to be pedantic about it, which I'm guessing you do. On the other hand, nobody else seems to care about the topic, so please feel free to imagine this thread came from a place of ignorance if that's what makes you happy.
Wrestling, With Revamped Rules, Returns to Summer Games - N.Y. Times http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/09/s...estored-to-the-olympics.html?ref=sports&_r=0]
Great news. It is a tough sport and people competed in all over the world. It needs to be in the olympics.
Yet another IOC assault on a traditional Olympic sport... Olympic Race Walking Is Faced With A Dilemma - N.Y. Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/sports/olympics/olympic-race-walking-50-kilometer.html?_r=0 And the latest development... 50km Walk To Stay In Olympics - Reuters / N.Y. Times
We can just about write the Olympics off now. Another dumbing-down to lure in young, attention-deficit idiots. This slide began back in the '90s with that bullshit called "beach volleyball." 3-on-3 Hoops, Other Events Added To 2020 Tokyo Olympic Program - ESPN http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/19588090/3-3-basketball-added-2020-tokyo-olympic-program LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- The IOC added 3-on-3 basketball to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic program on Friday in an effort to give the games a more youthful and urban appeal. In another move toward street sports, BMX Freestyle cycling will join the Olympics for the first time among a net increase of 15 gold medals for a 321-event program. However, the International Olympic Committee cut 285 athlete places from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, with track and field losing 105 spots. The overall athlete quota for 28 core sports will be 10,616 athletes in Tokyo, including 64 in 3-on-3 basketball. There will be eight teams in each of the men's and women's tournaments of the half-court format, which was introduced at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore. Track cycling will add men's and women's madison races in 2020 -- in a velodrome about 80 miles outside Tokyo -- and swimming will add men's 800-meter freestyle and women's 1,500 freestyle. Swimming also gets a 4x100-meter mixed medley relay among a broad increase in mixed gender events, including a 4x400 mixed relay on the track. Events confirmed Friday are in addition to decisions last August to include sports climbing, skateboarding, surfing, baseball and softball, and karate in the Tokyo program. Among sports losing athlete places, weightlifting will have 64 fewer in Tokyo, wrestling will lose 56 places, sailing and shooting will each lose 30, and swimming will have 22 fewer.