Decatur High Athletic Director Hopes Wrestling Remains in Olympics
The International Olympic Committee has months before its final decision, but many, like Decatur High Athletic Director Carter Wilson, are hopeful they'll continue to include wrestling in the Olympics.
The news came the day before the Georgia State Wrestling Championships. In a secret vote, the International Olympic Committee’s executive board decided to eliminate wrestling–one of the sports included since the Olympics' inception– from the Olympics, starting in 2020. But many actively involved in a grassroots movement and those whose hope for the sport just won’t go down for the count may be enough to keep the sport in the international elite competition. Decatur High Athletic Director Carter Wilson is one of those hopefuls. "I'm hopeful about the grassroots movement that's taking place to get it (the board's decision) reversed before 2020," Wilson said. He said the sport should remain as part of the Olympics because "it's a legitimate …
