13-R168
2013 -- H 5926
Enacted 03/26/13
H O U S E R E S
O L U T I O N
RESPECTFULLY
REQUESTING THAT THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
ABANDON ITS PLAN
TO CUT WRESTLING FROM THE 2020 SUMMER OLYMPIC
GAMES
Introduced By: Representatives Guthrie, Johnston, Tomasso, Edwards, and Finn
Date Introduced: March 26, 2013
WHEREAS, In a decision that stunned both the wrestling and sports
communities
worldwide, the International Olympic Committee’s Executive
Board has decided to eliminate
wrestling from the 2020 Olympic Summer Games; and
WHEREAS, Wrestling was
one of the founding sports of both the ancient Olympic
Games and the modern Olympic Games. Wrestling was first introduced in the ancient Olympic
Games in 708 B.C. When the modern Olympic Games
resumed in 1896, wrestling was one of the
sports played in competition and has been a permanent part
of the Summer Olympic Games since
1904. Wrestling is a pure sport and a sport with deep
roots and a passionate following across the
globe; and
WHEREAS,
Wrestling has been an indelible part of the Olympic Games. Who can forget
such thrilling and miraculous moments such as the “Miracle
on the Mat” at the 2000 Summer
Olympics in
defeated famed Russian Wrestler Alexander Karelin,
a wrestler who, up to that point, had not lost
a match in thirteen years and had not lost a point in a
match in six years. If the International
Olympic Committee does not reverse its ill-advised
decision, moments like that will never happen
again; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this House of Representatives of the State of
Providence Plantations
hereby respectfully requests that the International Olympic Committee
abandons its decision to cut wrestling from the 2020 Summer
Olympic Games; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and hereby is
authorized and directed to
transmit duly certified copies of this Resolution to President
Barack Obama, the Leaders
of the
International
Olympic Committee, Count Jacques Rogge.
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