bapgeek says: For starters, shortformblog, Curling is a Winter Olympic Sport so it’s existence should have little to zero effect on the Summer Games. But yes, it is sad that Wrestling is being dropped from the Summer Olympic Games.
» SFB says: As there are multiple writers on the site and we all write our own opinions, let me be the first to distance myself from Scott and say that I freaking LOVE curling.
However, I also know the IOC runs both the Summer and Winter Olympics, so they do have at least some jurisdiction over one another. But to get back to the main point, replace curling with table tennis. — Ernie @ SFB
IOC leaders dropped wrestling from the Olympic program on Tuesday, a surprise decision that removes one of the oldest Olympic sports from the 2020 Games.
The IOC executive board decided to retain modern pentathlon — the event considered most at risk — and remove wrestling instead from its list of 25 “core sports.”
Not going to lie. We’re kind of disappointed to know that the IOC officially thinks that Curling is a more important sport than one of the original Olympic competitions. Anybody else think this decision needs to be re-examined?
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