February 14, 2013  Wrestling banned from the Olympics? Get rid
of golf instead              So, ban golf.   Auntie Analogue
said...  It begs to be said: the IOC really needs to get a grip.
RonMexico said...  Jeff Blatnick being interviewed by Russ
Hellickson was a great 84 moment. How about Aleksander Karelin?
Can't say I know when points are scored, though, so if wrestling
is gone, will many notice?  Otis McWrong said...  Steve one
reason given when the IOC dropped baseball was that not enough
countries were capable of medaling in it. This seems dubious
when they keep ping pong - every gold medal going to back to
1988 has been won by China or Korea with the exception of a
Swede in 1992. Off the top of my head I'd say the US, Canada, S
Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela,
Cuba, and maybe 1-2 others are capable of medaling in baseball.
Dropping an original sport (what can be more basic than
wrestling, foot racing, boxing, or swimming?) but keeping ping
pong and trampoline is absurd.