Chart: The Summer Olympics 'core sports'

February 13, 2013 at 2:50AM

THE CORE SPORTS

• The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday eliminated wrestling as a "core" sport from the 2020 Summer Games. That leaves these 25 disciplines as the core sports that year: athletics (track and field), rowing, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football (soccer), gymnastics, weightlifting, handball, field hockey, judo, swimming, modern pentathlon, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, shooting, archery, triathlon, sailing and volleyball.

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