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wrestlingSport popular in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, and included in the Olympics from 704 BC. The two main modern international styles are Greco-Roman, concentrating on above-waist holds, and freestyle, which allows the legs to be used to hold or trip; in both the aim is to throw the opponent to the ground. Many countries have their own forms of wrestling. Glima is unique to Iceland; Kushti is the national style practised in Iran; Schwingen has been practised in Switzerland for hundreds of years; and sumo is the national sport of Japan. World championships for freestyle wrestling have existed since 1951 and since 1921 for Greco-Roman style. Greco-Roman was included in the first modern Olympic programme in 1896; freestyle made its debut in 1904. Competitors are categorized according to weight: at the 2000 Olympic Games there were eight weight divisions in each style of wrestling, but this was reduced to seven for the 2004 games. |
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| And in a low voice, as the cart went slowly along through the midst of the gazing crowd, she poured forth her soul with the wrestling intensity of a last pleading, for the trembling creature that clung to her and clutched her as the only visible sign of love and pity. Now those states which seem to take the greatest care of their children's education, bestow their chief attention on wrestling, though it both prevents the increase of the body and hurts the form of it. But the rich treat for the worthy captain was to see the "chivalry" of the various encampments, engaged in contests of skill at running, jumping, wrestling, shooting with the rifle, and running horses. |
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