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Oldest Sport in the World: Wrestling or Running

By: Elizabeth Quill
SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE
JULY 2014 
The argument of this blog will be determining who is the oldest sport between wrestling and running. Admitting, running has a strong claim to the world as the first sport established. “The 5 Oldest Sports in the World.” Indeed, running has always been a universal human expression and will always be. “The 5 Oldest Sport in the World.” I’m aware that running was mention back in 15,300 years ago. Although it was mention centuries, but what historical background can you find on running. After researching a little, I truly believe that wrestling is the oldest sport.

However, what many people are not aware of is that wrestling is really the oldest sport. Unfortunately, wrestling is way much different now than is was back in 15,300 years ago. Comparing wrestling from centuries ago to what we call “wrestling” today has changed tremendously. Wrestling establishment had to be somewhere around the 15th century. “The 5 Oldest Sports in the World,” mention that “the famous cave paintings in Lascaux, France, dating back to 15,300 years ago, depict wrestlers.” In other word, this is proof that shows that wrestling has been sound for a long time. In addition, “Wrestling was also practiced by the ancient Egyptians as evidenced by the several wrestling scenes found in tombs at Beni Hasan.”

When Olympics first kicked off wrestling was on fire. Wrestling was the most popular event in the ancient Greek Games, and lists of Olympic wrestling winners have been recorded since 708 B.C. “The Oldest Sport | National Wrestling Hall of Fame.” 



The Oldest Sport | National Wrestling Hall of Fame. //nwhof.org/stillwater/resources-library/history/the-oldest-sport/.


“The 5 Oldest Sports in the World.” Catawiki, https://www.catawiki.com/stories/4865-the-5-oldest-sports-in-the-world.









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