Wrestling voted back in for Tokyo Olympics

Wrestling voted back in for Tokyo Olympics

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Nenad Lalovic, president of wrestling's world governing body FILA, 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 inclusion for a single berth in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, beating out a combined baseball-softball bid and squash in a vote by IOC members later in the day.

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