“Recently, the Greco-Roman wrestling has somewhat lost its popularity, despite the fact that the UWW seeks to maintain spectator interest by amending the rules. In 2022, the Youth Olympics will be held in Dakar, where instead of Greco-Roman there will be a beach fight. Based on the discussions at the meeting of the UWW executive committee, I can say that, most likely, the Greco-Roman wrestling will not be included in the program of the Olympics in 2024, ”Aliyev quoted Awf.az.
Greco-Roman wrestling is one of the original Olympic sports that were in the program of the ancient Games.
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