OLYMPICS / Barcelona 1992:

Thursday 30 July 1992 23:02 BST
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THE Greco-Roman wrestling, one of the oldest sports in the world and a survivor of the Games the ancients played, nearly came to a slippery end because of a breakdown in modern technology. When the air conditioning failed, the wrestlers, fighting in 100F, got into such a sweat that they couldn't get a decent grip on each other.

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