Timeline
07 Sep 2013 | 125th IOC Session, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
31 May 2013 | US, Canada and Ukraine women compete in “The Battle at the Falls. |
29 May 2013 | IOC Executive Board meets in St Petersburg, Russia, to identify three sports to recommend to September IOC session (link to news item) |
18 May 2013 | FILA Election Congress for President until 2014, involvement of athletes, competition uniform and rule changes |
15 May 2013 | US-Russia-Iran compete together on May 15 at New York’s Grand Central Station |
10 May 2013 | ex-President Martinetti fails at CAS to have the election as acting President of Mr Nenad Lalovic be declared null |
May 2013 | World Wrestling Month declared by FILA (link to FILA news item) |
30 April 2013 | FILA launch international advertising campaign (link to Facebook) |
23 Mar 2013 | US Senate approved a resolution, by voice vote, urging the IOC to reverse its decision to drop wrestling as an Olympic sport |
16 Feb 2013 | FILA President resigns during its Executive Board meeting in Phuket, Thailand |
12 Feb 2013 | IOC Executive Board votes to exclude Wrestling through secret ballot |
01 Feb2012 | IOC President Jaque Rogge visits Korea, home of Taekwondo, and meets the President who requests that Taekwondo be retained (link) |
Dec 2012 | IOC Programme Commission meet to consider post London 2012 questionnaire returns submitted by International Federations |
1896 | Start of the Modern era Olympics: Wrestling was included in the programme and has been at every Olympics bar one (1900) since then |
A.D. 393 | Corruption brings an end to the ancient Olympic Games |
B.C. 708 | First Olympic Games including Wrestling |