Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Keep Wrestling In The Olympics


Author's Note: This piece is a persuasive piece on why the I.O.C should keep wrestling in the Olympics. In this I was looking to have good word choice and comma use. 

 The sport of wrestling originated since prehistoric times. It was the first sport known to man. Not only was it a sport that started the Olympics but it has formed many cultures throughout  the world. Taking this sport out of the 2020 Olympics was a choice made by the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday, February  12, 2013. Not only did this decision effect many people’s favorite sport, but it ruined many people’s hopes and dreams.

This past summer I spent a lot of time watching the 2012 London  Olympics. Watching the Olympics is like watching something you’ve never seen before its where dreams and goals can be achieved or hearts can be broken. Among all of these sports in the Olympics wrestling is my favorite.  It is one of the hardest sports and may be the most technical sport. It is made up of grappling, take downs, locks and pins. Every wrestler has their own way of wrestling in mans oldest sport.

In the sport of wrestling there is no professional level. This means that many people strive to make it to the Olympics. Without wrestling in the Olympics it will affect the sport in the many different levels. When collage wrestling is over what is next for the wrestlers? What about the Olympic training centers or the workers who work at those places they will all lose their jobs. This will also affect many countries like Turkey or Iran where most of their lives revolve around the sport.

I know that Olympic wrestling doesn’t pull in enough money for the I.O.C, but they need to look at the big picture and how many people this decision will effect. Not only will it be the wrestlers ,but the people and countries that revolve around the sport.

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