Category Amateur Wrestling

Wrestling will return with more sports possible.

Wrestling will return, more sports possible, says IOC presidential hopeful Denis Oswald. Baseball/softball and squash are the other two shortlisted sports and the IOC will elect one winning sport at its session in Buenos Aires in September. International Olympic Committee…

A risky change for college wrestling?

There is an idea being floated for college wrestling to bring together the dual and individual national tournaments. I have a feeling that the immediate feeling among coaches and fans of the sport would be a negative one. There is…

The Perfect Storm of Olympic Politics

With sports leaders gathering in St. Petersburg, Russia, this week for a global convention, three high-profile campaigns will be played out at the same time in an unusual confluence of issues that will set the tone for the future of…

Wrestling Seeks to Add Two Weight Classes for Women

Wrestling’s international governing body is poised to add two weight classes for women in its push to remain in the Olympics, The Associated Press has learned. Nenad Lalovic, the acting president of FILA, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that…

Plan Would Have Greco-Roman Wrestlers Shirtless In Olympics

The organizing body of wrestling is fighting to keep the sport in the Olympics and shirtless Greco-Roman wrestlers is one proposal to spice it up. Earlier this year, the International Olympic Committee stunned the sports world when it voted to…

AAU Grand Nationals Wrestling Tournament Returns to Billings

The AAU Grand Nationals wrestling tournament is returning to Billings. The tournament — which features freestyle, Greco-Roman and folkstyle competition — will be June 13-15, 2013, at Alterowitz Gymnasium, located on the campus of Montana State Billings. The last time the…

Wrestling Federation Plots Strategy

Wrestling’s governing body is preparing for what could be the match of its, life. It is holding a special meeting in Moscow to discuss changes to modernize the sport in hopes of staying in the, Olympics. The meeting Saturday comes four months…

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Youth wrestling is more popular than ever in East Tennessee

For many young athletes in East Tennessee, football, just makes sense. Wrestling? Not so much. Hunter Fortner, one of four local boys who won AAU Spring Youth Nationals on March 23 in Kingsport, said he’s learned they’re not so different ” but…

Bahamas joins the fight to keep the Olympic sport of wrestling

The Bahamas Amateur Wrestling Federation (BAWF) has joined with federations around the Americas in a campaign to reinstate wrestling as an Olympic Sport. The executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted in February to drop wrestling from the…