The International Olympic Committee surprised the sporting world Tuesday by voting to cut wrestling from the 2020 Summer Olympics.
The committee agreed to pare down the 26 sports it features to 25 so that a new sport could join the lineup in 2020. Wrestling has a chance to make it back into the Olympics, but the Los Angeles Times said that was unlikely now that it has been cut.
The other sports reportedly up for elimination included modern pentathlon, taekwondo and field hockey.
"This is a process of renewing and renovating the program for the Olympics," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said. "In the view of the executive board, this was the best program for the Olympic Games in 2020. It's not a case of what's wrong with wrestling, it is what's right with the 25 core sports."
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