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ARMENIA TO PROTEST IOC DECISION TO DROP WRESTLING FROM OLYMPICS
February 13, 2013 - 18:13 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - FILA Bureau will hold a special meeting on Feb 14
in Phuket, Thailand.
In conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the vice-president
of Armenian wrestling federation Hrant Yenokyan said they won't attend
the meeting due to not being a bureau member.
"We will join other federations to protest the decision. Greco-Roman
Wrestling World Cup kicks off Feb 19, with FILA president Raphaël
Martinetti to attend," Mr Yenokyan said.
Wrestling has been dropped from the Olympic Games from 2020 by the
International Olympic Committee to make way for a new sport.
A decision on which sport will be added in 2020 will be made when
the IOC meet in Buenos Aires in September.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/145558/Armenia_to_protest_IOC_decision_to_drop_wrestling_ from_Olympics
February 13, 2013 - 18:13 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - FILA Bureau will hold a special meeting on Feb 14
in Phuket, Thailand.
In conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the vice-president
of Armenian wrestling federation Hrant Yenokyan said they won't attend
the meeting due to not being a bureau member.
"We will join other federations to protest the decision. Greco-Roman
Wrestling World Cup kicks off Feb 19, with FILA president Raphaël
Martinetti to attend," Mr Yenokyan said.
Wrestling has been dropped from the Olympic Games from 2020 by the
International Olympic Committee to make way for a new sport.
A decision on which sport will be added in 2020 will be made when
the IOC meet in Buenos Aires in September.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/145558/Armenia_to_protest_IOC_decision_to_drop_wrestling_ from_Olympics