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It might not be widely recognized but wrestling is considered to be the oldest sport. This was personally shocking to me because I would've expected a more "relevant" sport to be the oldest. Of course wrestling is relevant but there is stigma on the reputation of it being a sport when compared to basketball, football, baseball, and others. Although, there are literal cave drawings the depict forms of wrestling. Some of the drawings date back to a whopping 15,000 years ago, the BC era and AD era. Wrestling continued on to ancient roman and the middle age eras as well. Knowing this fact, it's astonishing that wrestling continues to have some relevance in our current time period. This sport remains popular because of the violence and theatric that the thrill wrestling brings. Wrestling continues to entertain and give people an enjoyable time. 





Running being one of the oldest sports isn't really shocking and it makes sense. It is the most direct and simple out of all the sports. This sport goes all the way back to the Olympics in 776 BC and had multiple running competitions. This fact alone nullifies the claim that running was not  practiced as a competitive sport. Just like wrestling, running remains alive and well in the modern era. The intrigue that running has is how accessible it is and how fast the pace of the sport is. There are and will be many marathons, track meetings, and other running competitions held around the world for years to come.

Citations:https://www.catawiki.com/stories/4865-the-5-oldest-sports-in-the-world https://www.britannica.com/sports/wrestling

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