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Freestyle wrestling
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 A freestyle wrestling match at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina in March 2006 | |
| Focus | Wrestling, Grappling |
|---|---|
| Hardness | Full-contact |
| Famous practitioners | (see notable practitioners below) |
| Parenthood | Catch wrestling and various other international wrestling styles |
| Olympic sport | Since Ancient Olympics |
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman. High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the United States are conducted under different rules and termed scholastic and collegiate wrestling. U.S. collegiate women's wrestling is conducted under freestyle rules.[1]
Freestyle wrestling, like collegiate wrestling, has its origins in catch-as-catch-can wrestling. In both styles, the ultimate goal is to throw and pin the opponent to the mat, which results in an immediate win. Unlike Greco-Roman, freestyle and collegiate wrestling allow the use of the wrestler's or the opponent's legs in offense and defense.
According to wrestling's world governing body, the United World Wrestling (UWW), freestyle wrestling is one of the six main forms of amateur competitive wrestling practiced around the globe today. The other five forms are as follows:
- Greco-Roman wrestling
- Grappling/submission wrestling
- Beach wrestling
- Pankration athlima
- Alysh/belt wrestling
- Traditional/folk wrestling.[2]
In 2013, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended dropping wrestling as a sport from the 2020 Olympic Games, but the decision was later reversed by the IOC.
- ^ "Growing Wrestling: Women's Collegiate Wrestling Association". National Wrestling Coaches Association. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ "Fila Wrestling : site de la Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
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