Saturday, April 08, 2006

Muay Thai officially recognised

This is good news for Muay Thai. Still I doubt very much that the sport will gain Olympic status. It may however be given a demonstration status, just like wushu is in the Beijing/China games.

To be let in on a permanent basis is something quite different, all the time the IOC is trying to cut down on the number of sports in the Olympics.

Story:
Muay Thai got the nod of approval from the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) yesterday, becoming an international sport like soccer and tennis and getting a good chance of being included in future Olympics.

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