wrestling
An individual combat activity in which strength and skill are combined to achieve a specified manoeuvre or the accumulation of points, or to enforce the submission of the opponent. Ancient cultures usually promoted some form of wrestling for either the amusement of the privileged social elite, or the entertainment of the wider public. In the modern Olympics two types of wrestling have been recognized: freestyle and Graeco-Roman. Men's freestyle dates from the ... ...
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