The wushu contingent is also very strong, and could well rack up three golds.

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So why, with such a rich history, is wrestling fighting with wakeboarding and wushu for survival?

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Also competing for the last spot in the 2020 Games will be the Chinese martial-art wushu, baseball-softball, karate and squash.

WSJ: Wrestling Is Thrown to the Mat

This path has been closed by the IOC, however the Beijing Organizing Committee received special permission to organize a wushu tournament, so it may still be possible.

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Wrestling will now join 7 other sports in applying for 2020 inclusion, including a combined bid from baseball and softball, karate, squash, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding and wushu, a martial art.

FORBES: Commercialism Pins Common Sense as IOC Ousts Wrestling from 2020 Summer Olympics

After failing to be named one of the 25 core Olympic sports, wrestling must now compete with the Chinese martial art wushu, sport climbing, baseball-softball, roller sports, squash, karate and wake boarding.

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