I just read that the Olympic committee has decided to drop wrestling as one of their core 25 sports starting in the 2020 Olympics. I can't claim this will affect my viewing pleasure as I have never watched a single wrestling match not involving a turnbuckle but still find this appalling as it plays to the pussyfication of out society. Wrestling has been a staple Olympic sport for neatly 200 years and has ties to original Olympic sports yet the IOC drops this and keeps sports like ping-pong and badminton as a core-sport? It is very obvious that the IOC is trying to help boost TV rating in China by making sure the two sports which take no actual athletic ability are included. This is such an obvious kiss-up so they can dominate these lame events and pad their medal count. I cannot consider any activity which I used to play in Omar Elkassir's basement an Olympic sport.
The other sports that made the cut over wrestling include:
Sailing, which has such a rich Olympic history that I didn't even realize it was an Olympic event,
Canoeing which is sort of like rowing except you do it on a river with a case of beer and a fishing rod and
Equestrian which is really no better than having the Westminster Dog Show as part of the Olympics
Sailing, which has such a rich Olympic history that I didn't even realize it was an Olympic event,
Canoeing which is sort of like rowing except you do it on a river with a case of beer and a fishing rod and
Equestrian which is really no better than having the Westminster Dog Show as part of the Olympics
Part of the reason they slated wrestling for omission was because of problems with doping within the sport which is fine except when you consider they are keeping cycling as a core sport....cycling the sport where literally EVERYBODY dopes
Oh and guess which sport is looking to replace wrestling....golf.
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