101. ESPN.com SoccernetScoresOlympic SportsWNBA PreviewScoresBoxingOutdoors On to Athens Gardner to defend wrestling gold http://rdre1.inktomi.com/click?u=http://espn.go.com/&y=029989C749F85439&

102. Wrestling It was certainly introduced into the ancient Olympics in 708 BC, although cavedrawings of wrestlers from 3,000 BC prove that the sport predates even the http://www.ana.gr/olympics/English/pages/OlympicSports/Wrestling.html

Olympic Bulletin History Olympic Venues Olympic Sports Greece Today ... Information Wrestling Indoor Outdoor Discontinued Olympic Sports Wrestling is, by some accounts, the oldest sport in continuous competition. It was certainly introduced into the ancient Olympics in 708 BC, although cave drawings of wrestlers from 3,000 BC prove that the sport pre-dates even the ancient Games. In ancient Greece, champion wrestlers at the Olympics enjoyed an immensely prestigious status, some were even worshipped as demigods.Wrestling was on the program at the first modern Olympics in 1896, while 1900 was the Olympic Games where wrestling was not on the program. Women's wrestling will be included for the first time during the Olympic Games 2004, with four weight categories for the free style. Two styles: Greco-Roman and free style. In the Greco-Roman style, holds are allowed from the waist up, while in free style holds are allowed over the entire body. Matches in both styles consist of two, three-minute parts, with a 30-second interval. A match is judged on points or a fall, as follows:

103. SportsFilter | Columns Professional wrestling. I cannot think of a better sport for theOlympic stage than professional wrestling. Fixed outcomes will http://www.sportsfilter.com/columns.cfm/more_ID/18.html

@import "/lib/sportsFilterCSS2.css"; 06:43 PM home archives columns post ... search All the World's an Olympic Sport by jacknose February 25, 2002 I hereby submit to the wisdom of Vince McMahon, Mark Burnett, and Gatorade. Life is a sport, sport is entertainment, and entertainment is life. I will drink it up from here on out. I will no longer be a sports snob. I will no longer have standards. I will no longer proclaim that curling and ice dancing are not sports. I will no longer question golf, billiards, bowling, surfing, auto racing, snowboarding, and figure skating. I will no longer suggest that sports require athleticism. I will no longer proclaim that judges are for pageants. In the spirit of my transformation, I will petition the IOC for the following “sports” to be included in future Olympic Games: Professional Wrestling. I cannot think of a better sport for the Olympic stage than professional wrestling. Fixed outcomes will be assumed, but we, the audience, will gladly accept the pretentiousness as long as the costumes are tight, the insults are loud, and the faux fighting is raw. Winners will be determined by television ratings. Rubik’s Cube Race.

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