Tag: olympic wrestling
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Wrestling added to Olympic programme
Buenos Aires, Sept 8, 2013: In the latest step in the process of evaluating and refining the Olympic Programme, the sport of wrestling was elected today as an additional sport for the Summer Olympic Games of 2020 and 2024. The decision was made at the 125th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Buenos…
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IOC strips Uzbek wrestler Soslan Tigiev
Lausanne – Switzerland, Nov 07: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that it has disqualified Uzbek wrestler Soslan Tigiev from the men’s 74kg freestyle wrestling event during the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London, where he placed third. Immediately after his participation in the event on 10 August, Tigiev, 29, provided a urine…