Medallists urged to lobby IOC for wrestling
- Published: 20 Feb 2013 at 15.43
- Online news: Sports
Japanese wrestling chiefs have urged Olympic medallists the world over to join forces to save their sport from the chop at the 2020 Games.
Japan's Saori Yoshida celebrates winning wrestling gold on August 9, 2012 at the London Olympics. Japanese wrestling chiefs on Wednesday urged Olympic medallists the world over to join forces to save their sport from the chop at the 2020 Games.
Tomiaki Fukuda, vice president of the international wrestling federation FILA, said in Tokyo he had proposed the lobbying plan in letters to all executives of the organisation.
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