Full Text of HR0169 98th General Assembly
HR0169 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Executive Board of the International Olympic | 3 | | Committee has proposed eliminating the sport of wrestling from | 4 | | the Summer Olympic Games beginning in 2020; the proposal | 5 | | remains to be approved or disapproved by the full Committee at | 6 | | its September 2013 general assembly; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Wrestling was one of the original sports of the | 8 | | ancient Greek Olympic Games and of the first modern Olympic | 9 | | Games; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Wrestling has been a traditional strength of the | 11 | | United States Olympic team; 124 medals have been awarded to the | 12 | | United States throughout the history of the Olympic Games; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The sport of wrestling builds great strength, not | 14 | | only of body, but also of character; wrestling also helps to | 15 | | instill the virtues of self-confidence, self-discipline, | 16 | | courage, and sportsmanship; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Wrestling has produced many outstanding national | 18 | | leaders, including Presidents, United States Supreme Court | 19 | | Justices, United States Senators, members of Congress, and | 20 | | business and military leaders, as well as many outstanding | 21 | | leaders in the State of Illinois; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, There are thousands of student athletes in the | 2 | | State of Illinois that participate in wrestling at the high | 3 | | school and collegiate level; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Many of these young Illinoisans dream of | 5 | | representing the United States on the international stage at | 6 | | the Olympic Games and would be on the cusp of realizing their | 7 | | Olympic dreams in 2020, when the International Olympic | 8 | | Committee is set to remove one of the most time-honored, | 9 | | traditional sporting events not only on the Summer Olympics | 10 | | Program, but in the history of sport; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we urge the International Olympic Committee to reinstate | 14 | | wrestling as a core sport of the Summer Olympic Games; and be | 15 | | it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That we thank the United States Olympic Committee | 17 | | for its continued support of wrestling and urges it to work | 18 | | actively toward the reinstatement of Olympic wrestling; and be | 19 | | it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 21 | | delivered to Richard Bender, Executive Director of USA |
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| 1 | | Wrestling; James Considine, Illinois State Director of USA | 2 | | Wrestling; and the United States Olympic Committee.
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