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VM94-O29-001
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A black-and-white page from a printed article titled WRESTLING, showing a photograph of two wrestlers on a mat in a gymnasium. One athlete has lifted his opponent off the ground and is turning him over, with both bodies tangled and legs raised in the air, while a blue mat edge and a wall with a stylised logo are visible behind them. Below the photograph are several columns of printed text about the history of wrestling, and the bottom right carries the credit line Archives de la Ville de Montréal.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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WRESTLINGWrestling has been a universal sport through the ages. In the ancient games, the discus thrower was the most highly regarded athlete. Great homage was also paid to the pentathlon champion as all-round skill and development was a part of the Greek ideal. Aristotle made the observation that all-round athletes were superior to those who specialized in only one event.However, wrestling was also important. Attendance at the palaestra, or wrestling school, was a part of every schoolboy's education. As the games went on, the wrestling event, the Pan-took over supervision of the Olympics, they eliminated some of the excesses of the Pancratium and produced the Greco-Roman style of wrestling, forms of which persisted in Europe.In the United States, less concerned with tradition, a catch-as-catch-can style of wrestling developed. In Greco-Roman, holds are not permitted below the waist, but catch-as-catch-can permitted seizing an opponent anywhere.In the years when professional wrestling was still a serious business — not a kind of entertainment farce—there were some great American Free-took over supervision of the Olympics, they eliminated some of the excesses of the Panerathum and produced the Greco-Roman style of wrestling, forms of which persisted in Europe.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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