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Since the [Olympic Games](/wiki/Modern_Olympic_Games "Modern Olympic Games") began in Athens in 1896, wrestling (in the form of [Greco-Roman wrestling](/wiki/Greco-Roman_wrestling "Greco-Roman wrestling")) became a focus of the Games, with the exception of the [1900 Summer Olympics](/wiki/1900_Summer_Olympics "1900 Summer Olympics") when wrestling did not appear on the program. [Freestyle wrestling](/wiki/Freestyle_wrestling "Freestyle wrestling") and weight classes both made their first appearance in 1904. The women's competition was introduced in [2004](/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics "2004 Summer Olympics"). In February 2013, the IOC voted to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympic programme, effective from [2020](/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics "2020 Summer Olympics"). The president of the sport's governing body, FILA (now [United World Wrestling](/wiki/United_World_Wrestling "United World Wrestling")), resigned after a subsequent [motion of no confidence](/wiki/Motion_of_no_confidence "Motion of no confidence" ), and several of the FILA leadership followed suit. Following these and revisions to the program for [2016](/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics "2016 Summer Olympics") (including rule changes and additional women's competitions), wrestling successfully campaigned to be readmitted to the Summer Olympic program.