{"id":1142,"date":"2013-02-18T00:07:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T07:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myfutureamerica.org\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2013-03-24T09:30:23","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T15:30:23","slug":"wrestling-goes-baseball-squash-rollerblades-are-coming-comerce-wins-against-common-sence-baseball-is-more-a-batting-game-than-healthy-sport-for-youth-squash-what-age-are-children-supposed-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myfutureamerica.org\/?p=1142","title":{"rendered":"What a shame! Let&#8217;s boycott Olympia if wrestling to be dropped &#8211; pure commerce wins against tradition and common sense."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rpuEmbedCode\">\n<div class=\"rpuArticle rpuRepost-6be0c8ee85737f194686b6cf280e52ea-top\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/1.rp-api.com\/rjs\/repost-article.js?3\" data-cfasync=\"false\"><\/script><a class=\"rpuThumb\" href=\"http:\/\/s.tt\/1zGD7\" rel=\"norewrite\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"\/\/img.1.rp-api.com\/thumb\/4294470\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a class=\"rpuTitle\" href=\"http:\/\/s.tt\/1zGD7\" rel=\"norewrite\"><strong>Wrestling Dropped From Olympics<\/strong><\/a> (via <a class=\"rpuHost\" href=\"http:\/\/s.tt\/1zGD7\" rel=\"norewrite\">NewsLook<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"rpuSnip\">The International Olympic Committee has decided to remove wrestling, one of the oldest Olympic sports, from the 2020 games. Instead, the IOC chose to keep the modern pentathlon. Wrestling goes back to the inaugural modern Olympics in Athens in 1896. There is no word yet on what will replace the sport\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rpuBrk\" style=\"display: none;\"><!-- put the \"tease\", \"jump\" or \"more\" break here --><!--more--><!--break--><\/p>\n<hr class=\"at-page-break\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"rpuArticle rpuRepostMain rpuRepost-6be0c8ee85737f194686b6cf280e52ea-bottom\" style=\"display: none;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: none;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wrestling Dropped From Olympics (via NewsLook) The International Olympic Committee has decided to remove wrestling, one of the oldest Olympic sports, from the 2020 games. Instead, the IOC chose to keep the modern pentathlon. Wrestling goes back to the inaugural modern Olympics in Athens in 1896. 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