Despite its history, wrestling somehow lost out to several fringe events, such as modern pentathlon.
Six other members come from ice hockey, judo, modern pentathlon, swimming, rowing or badminton.
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In addition, Britain's two female competitors in modern pentathlon, Maihra Spence and Samantha Murray, are among the best.
In the final voting, wrestling went up against field hockey and modern pentathlon, with modern pentathlon looking like the most vulnerable of the three.
And the Olympics, which features sports like the modern pentathlon that are long out of fashion, faces a challenge in attracting younger audiences and participants.
Lena Schoneborn of Germany won the gruelling women's modern pentathlon competition from Britain's Heather Fell, with Victoria Tereshuk of the Ukraine taking the bronze medal.
By this measure, Lithuania hits the board, thanks to modern pentathlon.
Modern pentathlon has compressed its competition to a single day.
Still included are the modern pentathlon, an odd event that includes equestrian show jumping and pistol shooting components, and cycling, a sport that has been plagued with doping scandals.
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Whichever sport is chosen will join the 25 sports the IOC listed Tuesday as core sports for 2020: athletics (track and field), rowing, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football (soccer), gymnastics, weightlifting, handball, hockey, judo, swimming, modern pentathlon, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, shooting, archery, triathlon, sailing and volleyball.
Whichever sport is chosen will join the 25 sports the IOC listed Tuesday as core sports for 2020: athletics (track and field), rowing, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football (soccer), gymnastics, weightlifting, handball, field hockey, judo, swimming, modern pentathlon, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, shooting, archery, triathlon, sailing and volleyball.
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