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ANCIENT ORIGIN
Tug of War is by no means a new sport. Evidence of the sport can be found in prehistoric times. Around 500 B.C. The sport was practised in Greece and in the year 1000 A.D. In Western Europe. In Asian countries the contest of pulling on a rope was part of ancient ceremonies and cults. In Korea for example competitions were held between villages to predict the success of a harvest.
However it was not until the late 19th century that the sport became organised at club level which happened as a result of the formation of Associations and Federations.
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The sport was gaining in popularity in Europe when the Olympic Games were revived. At the start of the Modern Olympics all disciplines of the athletic sport of that time featured on the programme including tug-of war. It remained on the programme from 1900-1920 but was then deleted from the Games. This was not done out of dissatisfaction with tug-of -war, but merely to reduce the number of participants in the Games. That decision had the effect of temporarily stopping the further development of tug-of-war as International level.
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