Ancient Sports:Wrestling

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Old Greco Wrestling

\Wrestling is one of the worlds most Ancient sport.Cave drawings and paintings have been illustrated all over the world.It was very popular,and even today we continue to document the competitive sport. Some cave drawings date back to 704 BC. Drawings were a clear indication of how ancient the sport of Wrestling was,but  there are other great examples that indicate Wrestling dates back form many long years ago.

Wrestling was a major part of greek culture long before the first recorded olympic game in 776 BC. The sport was most revered for its spiritual and mental benefits. Wrestling in greece was also known as "pale".Pale was developed in ancient greece as a form of combat for soldiers.This is a good reason reason why wrestling was born.Troughout time their form of wrestling had evolved,turning the Greek wrestling known as pale to Greco-Roman wrestling.


There was a famous ancient wrestler named Milo of Croton.He was a 5 time olympic champion from 540 BC to 516 BC. To know to that there was a famous wrestler dating back to that time shows strong evidence of how ancient wrestling is.Ancient wrestling consisted of lifting live bulls,and tearing trees apart.Wreslors back then then were admired,and idolised.

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