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throwing Jeff Blatnick]] Greco-Roman wrestling is a form of Amateur Wrestling practiced throughout the world. It is one of three styles contested in the Olympic Games . According to the International Federation Of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) , Greco-Roman wrestling is one of the four main forms of amateur competitive Wrestling practiced internationally today, the other three being Freestyle Wrestling , Judo , and Sambo . Colloquially referred to simply as Greco, this style of wrestling forbids attacks below the waist. As a result, Throws are encouraged as the opponent cannot avoid being thrown by simply hooking or grabbing his opponent's leg. Otherwise, the sport is similar to freestyle. Arm drags, bearhugs, and headlocks found in freestyle have greater prominence in Greco-Roman. Throws especially known as suplex are used, in which the offensive wrestler lifts his opponent in a high arch while falling backward on his own neck to a bridge in order to bring his opponent's shoulders down to the mat. Even on the mat, a Greco-Roman wrestler must still find several ways to turn his opponent's shoulders to the mat for a fall without legs, including through what is known as the ''bodylock'' and the ''gut-wrench''. "Wrestling, Greco-Roman" by Michael B. Poliakoff from ''Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present'', Vol. 3, p. 1196, eds. David Levinson and Karen Christensen (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 1996). HISTORY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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