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Updated:  Bowie high school has four athletes competing in the
Class 5A state wrestling tournament.  "It is pretty awesome,"
said Bowie senior wrestler Sam Junk.  Bowie sophomore wrestler
Stephanie Gautier added, "It's pretty exciting."  As for the
chance of ever competing on the sports' biggest stage, the
Olympics, That may not happen for them or anyone for that matter
in the future. This week the International Olympic Committee
leaders decided to drop wrestling starting at the 2020 Olympics.
"It hurts because a lot of these kids, there's at least four
million wrestlers right now in the U.S. that will not have a
chance currently to live their long dreams to go for gold, which
is the pinnacle of the sport," said Bowie wrestling coach Spike
Fogle.  "I don't think it should get dropped because there's a
lot of kids that wrestle because they think that they're going
to be able to make i