{"id":13309,"date":"2013-02-13T03:43:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T03:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=13309"},"modified":"2013-02-13T03:43:11","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T03:43:11","slug":"iocs-executive-board-drops-wrestling-from-2020-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=13309","title":{"rendered":"IOC\u2019s executive board drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-13308\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" alt=\"IOC\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/iocringscolour-1.jpg.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/iocringscolour-1.jpg.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/iocringscolour-1.jpg-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Lausanne:<\/strong> The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday agreed on the 25 sports it will propose to the 125th IOC Session for approval as the core sports for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>The 25 sports are: athletics, rowing, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, weightlifting, handball, hockey, judo, swimming, modern pentathlon, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, shooting, archery, triathlon, sailing and volleyball.\n<\/p>\n<p>The EB recommended that wrestling, governed by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA), not be included on the list of core sports. Wrestling will now join the seven shortlisted sports \u2013 baseball\/softball, karate, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, wakeboarding and wushu \u2013 vying for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic programme as an additional sport.<\/p>\n<p>The eight sports are scheduled to make presentations to the Executive Board at its meeting in St Petersburg, Russia, in May. The EB will select which of the eight sports to recommend to the 125th IOC Session for inclusion as an additional sport on the 2020 programme.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to ensure the Olympic Games remain relevant to sports fans of all generations, the Olympic Programme Commission systematically reviews every sport following each edition of the Games.<\/p>\n<p>Golf and rugby sevens were added in 2009 as additional sports to the 2016 Olympic programme.<\/p>\n<p>The 125th IOC Session will take place from 7 to 10 September in Buenos Aires, Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-13308\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" alt=\"IOC\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/iocringscolour-1.jpg.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/iocringscolour-1.jpg.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/iocringscolour-1.jpg-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Lausanne:<\/strong> The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday agreed on the 25 sports it will propose to the 125th IOC Session for approval as the core sports for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>The 25 sports are: athletics, rowing, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, weightlifting, handball, hockey, judo, swimming, modern pentathlon, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, shooting, archery, triathlon, sailing and volleyball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[7972,7971,466,1041],"class_list":["post-13309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest","tag-2020-summer-olympic-games","tag-executive-board","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-international-olympic-committee"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IOC\u2019s executive board drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=13309\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IOC\u2019s executive board drops wrestling from 2020 Olympics - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lausanne: The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday agreed on the 25 sports it will propose to the 125th IOC Session for approval as the core sports for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. 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