Not a personal wrestling fan but I know some kids who wrestle and it is a serious sport. And tradition alone should keep this classic in the Games. Yet equestrian sports, beach volleyball, and rhythmic gymnastics are still in?
My favorite sport to watch is men’s gymnastics. I get to watch it every day. These guys take nearly a year to get ready for their short season of competition. Nobody has the strength and flexibility of gymnasts. None of the young men that I know enjoy the uniforms as fashion -— they are from all walks of life and practice in basketball shorts. Some dress a little gangsta. They just have to wear form fitting uniforms so you can see how straight and “one piece” they make their bodies. It is NOT easy to do that.
I wish men’s gymnastics are more popular among Americans. Go to your local college or even club meet. They are long, so don’t stay for the whole thing, or come late so you can see the awards at the end. It’s a cheap way to see what cirque de soleil will show you for $150. Plus you can see 14 year olds doing it! Wow! You will see such courage as guys fall off yet have to get back up and complete their routines even with the huge point loss. Sometimes more than once in a routine.
22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. 24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”
But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
Just how many of the other Olympic Sports has God participated in?
so they dump baseball, softabll and wrestling but keep ping pong and badminton? What are they going to add next, croquet?