US to wrestle Iran in LA exhibition
Iranian team will visit the US for first time in a decade, in an effort to keep wrestling on the Olympic program for 2020
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Illustrative photo of a Greco-Roman wrestling match at the 2000 Olympic Games (photo credit: Duae Quartunciae/Wikimedia Commons)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The United States will face Iran in a wrestling exhibition in Los Angeles next month.
USA Wrestling announced Thursday that the Americans will face Iran at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena on May 19, four days after the two nations and Russia compete in New York City.
The exhibitions are part of the sport’s efforts to get back onto the Olympic program. The IOC recommended in February that wrestling not be a core sport for the 2020 Games, though officials are fighting to retain that spot.
Iran’s wrestlers are making their first trip to the United States in 10 years.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
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