International Olympic Academy, IOA President Isidoros Kouvelos has urged the International Olympic Committee, IOC, not to remove wrestling from the Olympics, starting in the 2020 edition. In a letter sent to IOC President Jacques Rogge, he said, Wrestling remains inseparable from the concept of the Olympics, which would be inconceivable without this historic sport in its programme. Kouvelos said, he was saddened by the decision of the 15-strong IOC Executive Board last week, to recommend to the wider IOC membership, the removal of wrestling from the Olympic Games. He asked IOC to listen to the reaction of the sporting world and to reassess the proposal.The International Olympic Academy, established in 1949 by the IOC, functions as a multicultural interdisciplinary centre that aims at studying, enriching and promoting the Olympic Ideal.