USA on same side as Iran, Cuba and Russia on wrestling
The USA has found strange allies in its fight to keep wrestling in the Olympics/ Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and IOC President Jaques Rogge on Feb. 7 applaud during a ceremony to mark one year out to the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics, in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia./ ...
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World Cup wrestlers to lie on mats to protest Olympic move to drop sport from ...
TEHRAN, Iran — Wrestlers from the world’s top wrestling nations plan to lie on their mats Thursday in Tehran in a unique show of unity to protest a decision by the International Olympic Committee to drop wrestling from the 2020 games. Csaba Hegedus, a senior official with the international ...
Wrestlers to protest Olympic ruling to drop sport
(AP) — Wrestlers from the world's top wrestling nations plan to lie on their mats Thursday in in a unique show of unity to protest a decision by the , announced the decision at a meeting attended by officials from the world's top wrestling countries late Wednesday in Tehran. Iran's Wrestling ...
US, Iran find common ground: Olympic wrestling
Associated Press/Vahid Salemi - U.S. freestyle wrestling team members arrive at the Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran, Iran, early Tuesday morning, Feb. 19, 2013, to attend World Cup tournament. USA Wrestling has formalized plans for a committee charged with restoring Olympic wrestling. (AP ...
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US and Iran finally find common ground in fight to preserve Olympic wrestling
TEHRAN, Iran — Arch foes Iran and the U.S. have found some common ground in the fight to save wrestling as an Olympic sport. U.S. wrestling coach Zeke Jones says the mission has brought the two countries closer despite decades of diplomatic estrangement. He calls the sport an important ...
US and Iran find common ground: Olympic wrestling
have found some common ground in the fight to save wrestling as an says the mission has brought the two countries closer despite decades of diplomatic estrangement. He calls the sport an important "ambassador," suggesting possible cooperation to fight an The U.S. team is in Tehran for an ...
