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Wrestling to be removed from 2020 Olympic games
- Thread starter qwerty
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wtf????
thats like one of the original olympic sports, what a shame....
thats like one of the original olympic sports, what a shame....
Yeah, I wrestled for years.
It's a tough blow, and will make MMA the only glory most wrestlers will ever see. Wrestlers do 4-5x the work of all other athletes and get nothing in terms of recognition or pay.
Although, I thought this shakeup in rules for 2012 were absurd. Winning rounds, not points? Dipping your hand into a "magic" bag of colored balls? (in the event of a tie breaker, if you pull your color, you get dominant position to hang onto your opponents leg and if you push him out of bounds you win the tiebreaker and thus the round.)
I thought these were clearly fundamental changes in the nature of the sport and obviously created to hedge US/Russian/Japanese dominance--making most matches tossups and leaving much in the hands of judges. The IOC seems to dislike easy medals for certain countries, IMO. Like how they axed softball...many figured it was just an easy gold for USA. Anti-US sentiment is rife in sports abroad, I could point to many examples.
In closing, I'm deeply saddened by this decision, but I'm also not shocked as it appeared they were gearing wrestling up for something bad with the rule changes.
It's a tough blow, and will make MMA the only glory most wrestlers will ever see. Wrestlers do 4-5x the work of all other athletes and get nothing in terms of recognition or pay.
Although, I thought this shakeup in rules for 2012 were absurd. Winning rounds, not points? Dipping your hand into a "magic" bag of colored balls? (in the event of a tie breaker, if you pull your color, you get dominant position to hang onto your opponents leg and if you push him out of bounds you win the tiebreaker and thus the round.)
I thought these were clearly fundamental changes in the nature of the sport and obviously created to hedge US/Russian/Japanese dominance--making most matches tossups and leaving much in the hands of judges. The IOC seems to dislike easy medals for certain countries, IMO. Like how they axed softball...many figured it was just an easy gold for USA. Anti-US sentiment is rife in sports abroad, I could point to many examples.
In closing, I'm deeply saddened by this decision, but I'm also not shocked as it appeared they were gearing wrestling up for something bad with the rule changes.
Whew, I'm glad they didn't get rid of any real sports, like ribbon gymnastics, or synchronized swimming.
Lung.Butter
Active member
What the hell, that's terrible.
A Russian and an American wrestler were set to square off for the Olympic Gold Medal.
Before the final match, the American wrestler's trainer came to him and said, "now, don't forget all the research we've done on this Russian. He's never lost a match because of this 'Pretzel' hold he has, whatever you do don't let him get you in this hold! If he does, you're finished!" The wrestler nodded in acknowledgment.
As the match started, the American and the Russian circled each other several times, looking for an opening. All of a sudden, the Russian lunged forward, grabbing the American and wrapping him up in the dreaded pretzel hold. A sigh of disappointment arose from the crowd and the trainer buried his face in his hands, for he knew all was lost. He couldn't watch the inevitable happen.
Suddenly, there was a scream, then a cheer from the crowd and the trainer raised his eyes just in time to watch the Russian go flying up in the air. His back hit the mat with a thud and the American collapsed on top of him making the pin and winning the match. The trainer was astounded.
When he finally got the American wrestler alone, he asked, "how did you ever get out of that hold? No one has ever done it before!" The wrestler answered,"well, I was ready to give up when he got me in that hold but at the last moment, I opened my eyes and saw this pair of testicles right in front of my face. I had nothing to lose so with my last ounce of strength I stretched out my neck and bit those babies just as hard as I could." "So, the trainer exclaimed, 'that is what finished him off?!" "Not really. You'd be amazed how strong you get when you bite your own balls.
borrowed from Wonderon & the joke thread.
Getting rid of true Olympic events to make room for ribbon dancing and horse riding.
Progress.
Progress.
FUCK THE IOC
Total bullshit move. Glad golf is now an Olympic event. Fuckin golf. Unfuckingbelievable!!
