FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2013, file photo, Rich Bender, executive director of USA Wrestling, attends a meeting of representatives of FILA, the international wrestling federation, and world's wrestling powers at the Parsian Azadi hotel in Tehran, Iran, during a wrestling World Cup tournament. Bender said Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, that the American team still plans to compete in a major upcoming tournament in Iran despite President Donald Trump’s 90-day ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens of seven countries, including Iran. Bender told The Associated Press that the Americans have “every intention” of traveling to Kermanshah for the men’s freestyle World Cup on Feb. 16-17. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
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