"In an effort to ensure the Olympic Games remain relevant to sports fans of all generations, the Olympic Programme Commission systematically reviews every sport following each edition of the Games, " the IOC said in its statement Tuesday.
Some were probably watching Olympic sport for the first time during those Games but when they see Paralympic sport for the first time they are going to be blown away by it.
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"There are records of fights dating back to 3000 BC, and the sport was part of the Olympic Games of Antiquity, " the website says.
But eSports could become an Olympic Sport as early as the 2020 Summer Games.
Although Olga is young, and hopes to compete in many more Olympic Games, she is en garde for life after sport.
The 2016 Olympic Games will include the seven-man game as an official Olympic sport.
NBC, which has the American rights to the games, plans to show 3, 500 hours of Olympic sport online, 2, 200 of them streamed live.
Oreiller was its resident snow showman in the 1940s -- a fearless adrenalin junkie who lived up to his nickname, and claimed skiing's first Olympic gold medals when the sport was introduced at the 1948 Winter Games.
"You have to look in considerable detail at, not just the sport itself, what it might offer to the Olympic Games, what it brings to the Olympic program, " said Lee, former director of communications and public affairs for London 2012's successful bid.
Whatever the case, in eliminating wrestling, the International Olympic Committee has steered up a hornets nest of supporters who are seemingly ready to do anything in their power to make sure that their beloved sport continues its long and storied tradition in the Olympic games.
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India's wrestlers have expressed shock at the recommendation of International Olympic Committee (IOC) that the sport be dropped from the 2020 Games.
In comparison, about 8.3m people accessed the BBC's sport website on the first day of this year's Olympic Games.
Over the next four years the Brazilian city will be a global hub of sport as it hosts the soccer World Cup in two years and the Olympic Games in 2016.
The Olympic golf competition will see medals awarded for men and women and the sport will also feature in the Paralympic Games in Rio.
It's been provoked for me by the focus on London for the Olympic Games, both in capital spend on the infrastructure of the Games, and now as the epicentre of world sport, at least for two weeks.
May-Treanor and Walsh Jennings partnership on the sand is the stuff of Olympic legend: A nearly 12 year partnership that helped elevate the sport to one of the hottest tickets at the Games.
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