Russia, Iran and the United States — rivals on the world stage — joined together in an unlikely alliance Wednesday inside New York's Grand Central Terminal train station for a wrestling exhibition to try to save their sport from being dropped in the Olympics, SIA reports citing Moscow Times.
The athletes competed against each other on the mat Wednesday, but were united against a common foe: the International Olympic Committee (IOC), whose executive board has recommended that wrestling be eliminated beginning with the 2020 Summer Olympics.
The "Rumble on the Rails" event served as a fundraiser for New York-area youth wrestling programs, but it was also meant to put an international spotlight on the IOC's proposal, which shocked the wrestling world when it was made public in February.
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