Wrestling dropped from 'core sports' for 2020 Olympics

Wrestling dropped from 'core sports' for 2020 Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Wrestling Federation President Tomiaki Fukuda (C) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2013, after the International Olympic Committee executive board decided to drop wrestling from the "core sports" for the 2020 Games. To the right is Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu, the men's 66-kilogram freestyle wrestling gold medalist at the London Olympics.

Wrestling dropped from 'core sports' for 2020 Olympics

Wrestling dropped from 'core sports' for 2020 Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Wrestling Federation President Tomiaki Fukuda (L) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2013, after the International Olympic Committee executive board decided to drop wrestling from the "core sports" for the 2020 Games. Seated next to Fukuda are Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (C), the men's 66-kilogram freestyle gold medalist at the London Olympics, and Shinichi Yumoto, the men's 55-kg freestyle bronze winner in London.

Pre-Olympic events held in Beijing

Pre-Olympic events held in Beijing

BEIJING, China - With the 2008 Beijing Olympics set to open in one year, Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (C) and the Japanese 2008 Olympic delegation leader Tomiaki Fukuda (R) join officials from other countries in planting a tree near the athletes' village now under construction in Beijing.

Wrestling voted back in for Tokyo Olympics

Wrestling voted back in for Tokyo Olympics

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Japan Wrestling Federation President Tomiaki Fukuda (L) and Olympic wrestling gold medalist Hitomi Obara pose for photos in Buenos Aires on Sept. 8, 2013, after wrestling was chosen for inclusion for a single berth in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the International Olympic Committee's general session.

Female Japanese wrestlers undergo extreme training

Female Japanese wrestlers undergo extreme training

TOKYO, Japan - Tomiaki Fukuda (C), chairman of the Japan Wrestling Association, sits under a waterfall for training together with Kyoko Hamaguchi (R) and Saori Yoshida (L) at Nisseki Temple on Mt. Nisseki, in the town of Kamiichi, Toyoma Prefecture on July 3.

Pre-Olympic events held in Beijing

Pre-Olympic events held in Beijing

BEIJING, China - With the 2008 Beijing Olympics set to open in one year, Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (C) and the Japanese 2008 Olympic delegation leader Tomiaki Fukuda (R) join officials from other countries in planting a tree near the athletes' village now under construction in Beijing. (Kyodo)

Female Japanese wrestlers undergo extreme training

Female Japanese wrestlers undergo extreme training

TOKYO, Japan - Tomiaki Fukuda (C), chairman of the Japan Wrestling Association, sits under a waterfall for training together with Kyoko Hamaguchi (R) and Saori Yoshida (L) at Nisseki Temple on Mt. Nisseki, in the town of Kamiichi, Toyoma Prefecture on July 3. (Kyodo)