Wrestling voted back in for Tokyo Olympics

Wrestling voted back in for Tokyo Olympics

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - International Softball Federation President Don Porter makes a presentation at the International Olympic Committee's general session in Buenos Aires on Sept. 8, 2013. Wrestling, which was dropped from the Olympics list of core sports in February, regained its spot for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. It grabbed the single berth available, beating out a combined baseball-softball bid and squash in a vote by IOC members later in the day.

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