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Women’s Wrestling at Center Stage as Tokyo 2020 Announces Detailed Competition Schedule

TOKYO (April 16) – The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) has announced the detailed competition schedule for the sport of wrestling at the 2020 Olympic Games. The two-day competition format will feature women’s wrestling as the final gold medal bout on each day of competition. Japan is the most dominant women’s wrestling nation in the world having won 11 of 18 Olympic gold medals since 2004, the first year the sport was included on the Olympic programme. The island nation has also won 22 world team titles since the first women’s wrestling world championships in 1987, including 11 of the last 13. “The schedule announced by Tokyo 2020 will help wrestling ensure high attendance for each day of the competition,” said United World Wrestling president Nenad Lalovic. “We saw nice crowds in Brazil and expect that this schedule will help us reach even more fans and create a positive and energetic environment for all our competitors. The stars of women’s wrestling will guarantee that interest-level.” Rest of the story at https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/womens-wrestling-center-stage-tokyo-2020-announces-detailed-competition-schedule?mc_cid=71d49ec247&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

April 22, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized