Sport in Mexico Olympic sport. The 400-meter event became popular when Ana Guevara became world champion in 2003. "Italic" text indicates upcoming events hosted by Mexico. Mexican professional wrestling, which is known as lucha libre, has been a popular spectacle in Mexico since 1933, when promoter Salvador Lutteroth Gonzales founded Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre. Like other forms of professional wrestling, it is not strictly a sport, but rather a form of sports entertainment, as matches usually have predetermined outcomes. Lucha libre is characterized by rapid sequences of holds and moves, as well as spectacular high-flying moves, many of which have been adopted
Polignano a Mare by the sculptor Stefano of Putignano. In the "frazione" of San Vito is a massive Benedictine abbey. Polignano a Mare Polignano a Mare (; Barese: ) is a town and "comune" in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy, located on the Adriatic Sea. The local economy mostly depends on tourism, agriculture and fishing. The area has been settled since prehistoric times, evidenced by archaeological excavations in the locality of Santa Barbara. It is believed to be the site of the ancient Greek city of "Neapolis" of Apulia, not mentioned by any extant records but attested by many coins.