| Wrestling, that sport still widely prevalent | | | | |
| in high schools nationwide, and of course | | | | Wrestling quickly became rather competitive. |
| made famous by professional wrestlers on | | | | Since the Olympic Games were already a big |
| television, has actually been around for | | | | Greek event, they added wrestling matches to |
| many, many years. As a matter of fact, | | | | the games. As highly skilled masters of |
| wrestling likely got its start in ancient | | | | wrestling, ancient Greeks were by far the |
| Greece. Wrestling is perhaps one of the | | | | champions in wrestling competitions. Of |
| oldest sports still in existence, and even | | | | course, that could not last forever, as the |
| still practiced in the very same fashion as | | | | Greeks soon found out. |
| it was when it first began. | | | | |
| | | | It did not take long then for the idea of |
| It is believed that wrestling began as an | | | | wrestling as a sport to spread throughout the |
| ancient form of military training. As it | | | | world. As wrestling grew and gained |
| happens, wrestling develops great skill in | | | | popularity, and with other countries also |
| graceful movement, in addition to strength. | | | | training men in high skill wrestling, those |
| Therefore, those soldiers trained in | | | | foreign competitors naturally joined Olympic |
| wrestling were extremely physically fit for | | | | wrestling matches. When those same foreign |
| taking down an opponent, both in the ring and | | | | born competitors began to win in wrestling |
| on the battlefield. | | | | matches, the Greeks were less than pleased. |
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| Since it was expected that most young men | | | | Nowadays, wrestling is still very popular. |
| would eventually become soldiers, wrestling | | | | Professional wrestling has become a |
| was also taught as part of a normal | | | | mainstream form of entertainment drawing |
| education. Like the physical education | | | | spectators from all walks of life. Also, many |
| classes required today, wrestling was taught | | | | high schools and colleges have competitive |
| to virtually every male in ancient Greek | | | | wrestling teams. Over a thousand years after |
| society. The Greeks believed that a well | | | | wrestling debuted, it remains a sport that is |
| rounded individual was healthy in spirit, | | | | not only highly practiced, but that is still |
| mind, and body, so it is not too surprising | | | | well known and recognized for developing |
| that they were proponents of physical | | | | discipline, skill, and physical fitness. |
| education. | | | | |