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English: IOC President Jacques Rogge at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the IOC Session. (ATR) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/p>\n

A decision to remove wrestling<\/a> from the 2020 Olympic Games<\/a> programme and then include it in a shortlist of sports was no mistake, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge said on Friday.<\/p>\n

Wrestling was taken off the programme in February in a move that stunned the sporting world but it managed to join baseball\/softball and squash this week as one of three sports that will be considered for inclusion in the 2020 Games.<\/p>\n

The IOC will elect the winning sport at its session in Buenos Aires in September.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not see shortcomings in the system, I do not see errors in the system,\u201d Rogge told reporters at the end of a three-day executive board meeting.<\/p>\n

The IOC set out to revamp the Games programme to make it more relevant to a younger generation of fans and sponsors but, with wrestling back as a candidate for inclusion, the procedure has been heavily criticised for having achieved little change.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not want change for change,\u201d Rogge said. \u201cThe purpose is to have the best possible Olympic Games.\u201d \u2013 Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n

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