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Wrestling cut from Olympics

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – For wrestling, this might have been the ultimate body slam: getting tossed out of the Olympic rings.

London Olympics short of iconic, but very good time

Seventeen days ago, before Usain Bolt again proved himself the planet’s fastest human, before a man with fiber legs competed against able-bodied athletes, before Michael Phelps won more medals than anyone in Olympic history and American gymnast Gabby Douglas made her own for a person of color, before more questions about doping arose and female badminton players brought disgrace to the games, the goal was to inspire generations.