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<blockquote>FILA was greatly astonished by today's recommendation of the IOC Executive Board not to maintain wrestling among the 25 core sports for the 2020 Olympic Games. FILA will take all necessary measures to convince the IOC Executive Board and IOC members of the aberration of such decision against one of the founding sports of the ancient and modern Olympic Games.<ref name=fila>{{cite web|url=http://www.fila-official.com/|title=Recommendation of IOC Executive Board |accessdate=February 17, 2013}}</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>FILA was greatly astonished by today's recommendation of the IOC Executive Board not to maintain wrestling among the 25 core sports for the 2020 Olympic Games. FILA will take all necessary measures to convince the IOC Executive Board and IOC members of the aberration of such decision against one of the founding sports of the ancient and modern Olympic Games.<ref name=fila>{{cite web|url=http://www.fila-official.com/|title=Recommendation of IOC Executive Board |accessdate=February 17, 2013}}</ref></blockquote>

On February 15, FILA held an emergency meeting and its President, Mr. Raphaël Martinetti, asked for a vote of confidence. When only 50% of his Board voted to support him, he resigned as FILA President.<ref name=fila/>  Although wrestlers will be able to continue to compete in the [[World Games]], United States wrestlers have expressed grave disappointment at the possibility that they could be excluded from future Olympics.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wrestling prodigy's Olympic dream in jeopardy|first=Dave|last=Sheinin|work=Washington Post|date=February 15, 2012|page=A1}}</ref> Although wrestling includes both men and women in the Olympic Programme, radical feminists are concerned that it will be replaced by another sport that includes both genders.  Instead, they advocate for the inclusion of [[netball]], a women-only variation of [[basketball]] that was invented in Victorian England in response to basketball being too unladylike.

On February 15, FILA held an emergency meeting and its President, Mr. Raphaël Martinetti, asked for a vote of confidence. When only 50% of his Board voted to support him, he resigned as FILA President.<ref name=fila/>  Although wrestlers will be able to continue to compete in the [[World Games]], United States wrestlers have expressed grave disappointment at the possibility that they could be excluded from future Olympics.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wrestling prodigy's Olympic dream in jeopardy|first=Dave|last=Sheinin|work=Washington Post|date=February 15, 2012|page=A1}}</ref> Although wrestling includes both men and women in the Olympic Programme, radical feminists are concerned that it will be replaced by another sport that includes both genders.  Instead, they advocate for the inclusion of [[netball]], a women-only variation of [[basketball]] that was invented in Victorian England in response to basketball being too unladylike.

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