History of wrestling
When the First Modern Olympic Games held in Athens in 1896, Greco-Roman wrestling was introduced as an Olympic discipline. After not being featured in the 1900 Olympics, sports wrestling was seen again in 1904 in St. Louis; this time in freestyle competition. Since then, Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling have both been featured (with women's freestyle added in the Summer Olympics of 2004).
Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
The men's freestyle wrestling team was named to the Olympic roster on 6 July 2016, with the women joining them on July 19. The men's Greco-Roman wrestlers rounded out the squad on 22 July 2016.