SWEATY men in spandex singlets groping each other. This is the caricature Greco-Roman wrestling conjures up in most minds—if it ever enters the mind in the first place, which for most sport enthusiasts happens no more than once every four years, during the Olympics. Yet it is hard to find a kind word for the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on February 12th to drop both the Greco-Roman and freestyle variety from the list of 25 “core” sports for the 2020 summer games, which will be held in Istanbul, Madrid or Tokyo.
