Wrestling is a tough one on one combat sport that requires a great amount of mental and physical toughness. This sport is all about imposing a will on the opponent until he gives up. There is a small group of individuals who actually take part in the sport due to the hard work, dedication and commitment the sport requires. Dan Gable once said “Once you’ve wrestled, everything else in life is easy” there have been wrestlers who have given a plethora of their blood, sweat and tears for this sport through countless hours of workouts, practices and competitions. What do they get? The Olympic committee attempting to take the sport out of the 2020 Olympic Games. Taking the sport of wrestling out of the Games makes no sense because it was the first competitive sport to be introduced into the Olympics in 708 B.C. (citation) Discharging it from the Olympic Games would be a major setback to the event by losing a huge amount of its supporters. The reason for this sport almost being removed from the Olympics is due to the committee trying to revolutionize the Games and make it more appealing with more “modern” sports. The sport of wrestling has adapted to today’s society very well. If wrestling had not been elected to stay in the Olympics, it would have caused for a quick demise of the sport. Shortly after the election FILA president Nenad Lalovic …show more content…
It is not just physically tough, from all of the blows and injuries received from going to practice every single day and competing in meets, but it is also mentally strenuous, from knowing all that one must due to prepare for battle. Imagine knowing that in order to find success in wrestling you have to go to practice every day with people who are trying to beat on you. That is the dedication wrestlers need to be able to survive in the sport. That being said, wrestling should most definitely continue to survive within the