Download Book Saving Wrestling : The Inside Story of the Sport's Epic Fight to Stay in the Olympics
PDF by Moffatt, James V.; Sesker, Craig
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Format: PDF Language: English Publisher: Exit Zero Publishing Publication Date of the Electronic Edition: 2013
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ISBN: 9780986052309, 9780986052316
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Wrestling fans, coaches, and competitors were stunned in February 2013 when the International Olympic Committee recommended that the sport be dropped from the Olympics after the 2016 Games. But just months later, the IOC General Assembly voted wrestling back into the Games for 2020 and 2024 in a first-round victory. This is the inside story of howone of the original Olympic sportscame back from a virtual death sentence. Expertly uncovering the struggles within wrestling’s international federation, FILA, and the idiosyncrasies at the top of the Olympic movement, this investigation uncovers how the original and illogical IOC vote to eliminate wrestling transpired and how FILA, USA Wrestling, and Russia engineered the plan to remove ineffectual FILApresident Raphaël Martinetti from office and keep him out. It also answers questions such as: Who were the leadersof themovement that transformed the sport into "new wrestling"? Why were the Kremlin, the president of Iran, the United Nations, and Buckingham Palace involved in the sport's quest for redemption? and How did controversial changes in both men and women's Olympic weight classes and the "new rules" become adopted? The book isa must forwrestlingfans as well as those who like to see what goes on behind the scenes at theOlympics.
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