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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.

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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.

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Japanese medalists at London Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese gold medalists at the London Olympics, (from L front) Ryota Murata (men's middleweight boxing), Kohei Uchimura (men's gymnastics individual all-around), Hitomi Obara (women's wrestling 48-kilogram class), Saori Yoshida (women's wrestling 55-kilogram class), Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (men's 66 kilogram freestyle wrestling), Kaori Icho (women's wrestling 63-kilogram class) and Kaori Matsumoto (women's judo 57-kilogram category) pose for photos with other medalists in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2012.

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Japanese Olympic delegation arrives back in Japan

NARITA, Japan - (From front) Kaori Icho, Hitomi Obara and Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu arrive at Narita airport from London on Aug. 14, 2012, with other members of the Japanese Olympic delegation. Icho, Obara and Yonemitsu respectively won the gold medal in the women's wrestling 63-kilogram class, the women's wrestling 48-kilogram class and the men's 66-kilogram freestyle wrestling at the London Olympics.

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Yonemitsu wins 66 kg freestyle wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu smiles with the gold medal he won in the men's 66 kilogram freestyle wrestling at the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 12, 2012.

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Yonemitsu wins 66 kg freestyle wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's gold medalist Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (second from L), India's silver medalist Sushil Kumar (L), Kazakhstan's bronze medalist Akzhurek Tanatarov (second from R), and Cuba's bronze medalist Livan Lopez Azcuy pose with the medals they won in the men's 66-kilogram freestyle wrestling at the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 12, 2012.

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Yonemitsu wins 66 kg freestyle wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (C) raises his fist while being held up by staff after winning the gold medal in the men's 66 kilogram freestyle wrestling at the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 12, 2012.

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Yonemitsu wins 66 kg freestyle wrestling

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu waves the Japanese national flag in celebration of his gold medal victory in the men's 66 kilogram freestyle wrestling at the 2012 London Olympics at the ExCeL venue on Aug. 12, 2012.

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Japan's Yonemitsu takes men's freestyle bronze

HERNING, Denmark - Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu shows off the bronze medal he won in the men's freestyle 66-kilogram event in his debut at the world wrestling championships in Herning on Sept. 21, 2009. Yonemitsu beat Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Sushil Kumar of India in repechage.

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Japan's Yonemitsu takes men's freestyle bronze

HERNING, Denmark - Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (R) beats Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Sushil Kumar of India (L) in repechage to win the men's freestyle 66-kilogram event in his debut at the world wrestling championships in Herning on Sept. 21, 2009.

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Japan's Yonemitsu takes men's freestyle bronze

HERNING, Denmark - Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu shows off the bronze medal he won in the men's freestyle 66-kilogram event in his debut at the world wrestling championships in Herning on Sept. 21, 2009. Yonemitsu beat Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Sushil Kumar of India in repechage. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Yonemitsu takes men's freestyle bronze

HERNING, Denmark - Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (R) beats Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Sushil Kumar of India (L) in repechage to win the men's freestyle 66-kilogram event in his debut at the world wrestling championships in Herning on Sept. 21, 2009. (Kyodo)