Wrestling drop from 2020 Olympics?

International Olympic Committee decided to drop wrestling from 2020 core games list. The International Olympic Committee executive meeting was held in Switzerland yesterday. In this meeting, they have been review 26 core games from the current Olympic Games table.

Then they decided to remove wrestling from Olympic Games from 2020. Instead of wrestling, they are planning to add modern pentathlon in the list. But this decision has not been announced officially. If any one of the game could be deleted from Olympics then only they can add a new game. If Wrestling will be remove from main games, it will be combined with other games like baseball - softball, karate, squash, skating games, trekking.

The decision of the International Olympic Committee will be finalized in the Executive Committee meeting to be held in May 2013 in Russia. After that the General Assembly of International Olympic Committee will be conducting a final voting in Argentina in September.

In May 2005, the Olympic Committee removed baseball - Soft ball from core games. In 2016 Olympic, golf and rugby games are included. India has won four Olympic wrestling medals, including two at London 2012. Experts said if wrestling will remove from Olympics, it is the loss for India.