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April 05, 2021

Watching the wrestlers on Friday try to gain a spot on @USAWrestling @TeamUSA is the best sign that the Olympics are coming back. #WrestlingTrials21 #GirlsWrestle #AnyBODYCanWrestle #thisiswhatawrestlerlookslike #SportForAll #GrowTheSporthttps://t.co/N2VdwEU6zZ

— NWHOF (@NWHOF) April 3, 2021

We almost forgot about the Olympics, but the 2020 Summer Games are coming, and in an odd year no less because this remains the oddest of years.

Of all the sports, events and players that suffered, were delayed or canceled, the Summer Olympics and its athletes had it the worst.

For most of these men and women, their windows to chase an Olympic medal of any color are inherently so narrow any delay could negatively alter their opportunity of a lifetime.

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Niche sports like wrestling and several track and field events are quintessential to the Olympic games. But the Olympics have over extended themselves, to the point certain events belong on The Ocho rather than on NBC.