Wrestling to be Removed from Olympics Following 2016 Games

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The I.O.C. has announced that Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling will no longer be Olympic sports following the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro. This is a surprising move considering that wrestling has been part of the Olympics since ancient times. Of course, Kurt Angle won the gold medal for the U.S. in 1996.

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