Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games

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Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games is an optional sport for that was one of six to be featured on the Programme in Hamilton 1930.^[1] The sport was originally male only until women's events were added at the 2010 games.^[2] Wrestling was present at all editions of the games program until 1994. The sport was first removed from the program in 1998,^[3] when Malaysian organizers replaced it with 10-pin bowling, as the sport lacked popular appeal in the country and medal chances were also low,^{[citation needed]} returning in 2002. In the following edition in 2006, it was again removed^[3] for the addition of basketball.^{[citation needed]} The second return was in 2010, when in addition to freestyle wrestling, the Indian organizers chose to add Greco-Roman wrestling events.^[2] The sport was present in the 2014, 2018 and 2022 editions.^[4] It was announced in October 2024 that wrestling had not been chosen for the 2026 games.^[5]