Bill Text: IA HR20 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution opposing the decision of the International Olympic Committee to end wrestling as an Olympic event.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [HR20 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HR20-Introduced.html
House
Resolution
20
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Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
20
BY
JACOBY
and
BYRNES
A
Resolution
opposing
the
decision
of
the
International
1
Olympic
Committee
to
end
wrestling
as
an
Olympic
2
event.
3
WHEREAS,
the
sport
of
wrestling,
which
combines
both
4
freestyle
and
Greco-Roman
events,
goes
back
to
the
5
ancient
times
of
Plato
and
the
first
modern
Olympics
in
6
Athens
in
1896;
and
7
WHEREAS,
over
the
last
century,
wrestling
expanded
8
to
feature
344
athletes
competing
in
11
medal
events
9
in
freestyle
and
seven
in
Greco-Roman
at
the
London
10
Olympics,
and
women’s
wrestling
was
added
at
the
2004
11
Athens
Games;
and
12
WHEREAS,
Iowa
has
a
rich
heritage
in
the
sport
13
of
wrestling
at
all
levels,
including
a
premier
high
14
school
program
and
world-class
collegiate
programs;
and
15
WHEREAS,
Iowa
has
produced
23
Olympic
medalists
——
16
12
gold,
five
silver,
and
six
bronze;
and
17
WHEREAS,
the
action
of
the
International
Olympic
18
Committee
threatens
the
future
of
a
sport
practiced
19
for
three
millennia
and
threatens
the
future
of
Iowa’s
20
college
and
high
school
wrestling
programs,
which
have
21
been
carefully
developed
over
the
last
50
years;
NOW
22
THEREFORE,
23
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
24
the
House
of
Representatives
opposes
the
action
of
the
25
International
Olympic
Committee
to
end
wrestling
as
26
an
Olympic
event
and
urges
that
body
to
reconsider
its
27
action.
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