Was wrestling an original Olympic sport? Wrestling was part of the Ancient Olympic Games in Greece, making it one of the oldest competitive sports — if not the oldest sport — in the world. When the ...

Wrestling will be fighting to prove its relevance in Rio after battling back from the brink of Olympic extinction. One of the key sports at the ancient Olympics, wrestling has been part of every ...

The first recorded victor at the Olympics ... ancient games each time they were held, although some modern scholars think the number could have been as high as 50,000 in some years. The Greek ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running. Jumping. Throwing. Wrestling. Boxing. Horse racing. We’ve got it all going on! Welcome to Olympia ...

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient ... boxing and wrestling. The main event at the Olympics was not ...

For a more comprehensive list, be sure to read the article on how scoring works in Olympic wrestling. What's the difference between Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling? In each style of Olympic ...