Wrestling, 7 other sports take case to IOC ? Artesia News

IOC President Jacques Rogge attends its executive board meeting at the SportAccord International Convention in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. The race for the IOC presidency, the bidding for the 2020 Summer Games and the fate of wrestling will be on full display at the meeting. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) ? Wrestling and seven others sports are making their case to be included in the 2020 Olympics.

Three months after being dropped from the 2020 program, wrestling has a chance on Wednesday to take a big step toward keeping its Olympic status.

Wrestling body FILA and seven other federations competing for a single opening on the program are making presentations to the IOC executive board.

Also in contention are a combined baseball-softball bid, karate, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, wakeboarding and the Chinese martial art of wushu.

The board will decide which sport or shortlist of sports to submit to the full IOC assembly for a final decision in September in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Tags: By STEPHEN WILSON, Eastern Europe, Europe, Events, Martial arts, Olympic games, Russia, Sports, Summer Olympic games, Wrestling

This entry was posted on May 29, 2013, 7:27 am and is filed under Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Source: http://www.artesianews.com/2013/05/29/ap-news/sports-ap-news/wrestling-7-other-sports-take-case-to-ioc/

justin beiber lamar odom perfect game jon jones vs rashad evans results rashad evans jon jones chuck colson death