Breakdancing proposed as a sport for the Olympics

BowdonUK said:
They allow breakdancing but not gaming :confused:
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Breakdancing actually looks impressive, requires physical exertion and has many parallels with other sports which are already in the olympics (gymnastics etc)

Gaming is so far removed from what the Olympics have traditionally represented that it seems a bit bizarre to think that if Breakdancing is included that Gaming should also be represented.

Having said that I wouldn't be surprised if Gaming eventually makes it's way into the Olympics.

By the time I die the list of great olympians will probably be something like

Usain Bolt
Carl Lewis
Steve Redgrave
Noobslayer666
 
TBF there's no difference in the skills required between a break dancer and gymnasts, core strength, rhythm and flexibility.

And for sure my jaw has dropped at more break dancing videos than 'real' gymnastics, though that's maybe a reflection of the videos my friends share.
 
wesimmo said:
TBF there's no difference in the skills required between a break dancer and gymnasts, core strength, rhythm and flexibility.

And for sure my jaw has dropped at more break dancing videos than 'real' gymnastics, though that's maybe a reflection of the videos my friends share.
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Let them have break dancing on the condition that they must wear a leotard like the gymnasts then :)
 
Haha, my mate's old man has been veteran world champion for several years, he's in his 70s now and he still makes normal people a third of his age run around until they're breathing out their bottom. It's an incredibly skillful sport at the top.
 
wesimmo said:
Haha, my mate's old man has been veteran world champion for several years, he's in his 70s now and he still makes normal people a third of his age run around until they're breathing out their bottom. It's an incredibly skillful sport at the top.
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Precisely. You have to be incredible fit to excel. My old University sports coach was a champion squash player and he had an amazingly low heart rate at rest because he was so fit. I view it the same category as Tennis and Badminton and they're both Olympic sports.
 
jimjamuk said:
Please the world needs to end sooner the ways things are going

https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/47317052

If this gets through I feel sorry for all those who ever made it to be considered an Olympian
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I'm not so sure. I think break dancing could reasonably be classified as a gymnastics event and they have some of those in the Olympics.

jimjamuk said:
Nah just that "dance" is not a sport and if we let in one type then why not all of them. I'm sure there is an equivalent "World Championships" for this type of thing.
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True, but class it as a gymnastics event and it's more plausible. There are floor events in gymnastics. I think it's not completely silly to add breakdancing, despite the name. There's sort of an element of dance in floor gymnastics events, anyway.

I'd also consider adding Mallakhamba and it's modern Western equivalent, pole dancing. Not the sex show variety, the gymastic variety.
 
neckbeardthethird said:
Breakdancing actually looks impressive, requires physical exertion and has many parallels with other sports which are already in the olympics (gymnastics etc)

Gaming is so far removed from what the Olympics have traditionally represented that it seems a bit bizarre to think that if Breakdancing is included that Gaming should also be represented.
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What about shooting then? I'll bet there's less physical exertion in shooting than gaming and that's an Olympic sport! Many would argue that gaming is far more interesting to watch as well. Personally I wouldn't be interested in watching either, or break dancing.
 
MartinPrince said:
Precisely. You have to be incredible fit to excel. My old University sports coach was a champion squash player and he had an amazingly low heart rate at rest because he was so fit. I view it the same category as Tennis and Badminton and they're both Olympic sports.
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Squash should definitely be in and they have tried repeatedly to get it in. It’s been in the commonwealth games for a while, is one of the first sports to have equality in prize money and has a moveable contained glass court. Which means it can be set up nearly anywhere (I.e within grand central station New York, in front of the pyramids in Egypt etc.). In terms of combined/overall fitness I doubt much can touch it. But still relies heavily on skill levels.
https://psaworldtour.com/news/view/...a-highlighting-squash-s-true-physical-demands
And
https://www.shape.com/fitness/cardio/squash-worlds-best-sport



You can probably tell I’m a bit of a fan.

 
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Angilion said:
I'm not so sure. I think break dancing could reasonably be classified as a gymnastics event and they have some of those in the Olympics.



True, but class it as a gymnastics event and it's more plausible. There are floor events in gymnastics. I think it's not completely silly to add breakdancing, despite the name. There's sort of an element of dance in floor gymnastics events, anyway.

I'd also consider adding Mallakhamba and it's modern Western equivalent, pole dancing. Not the sex show variety, the gymastic variety.
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Blimey I posted this yonks ago - whatever really, as long as they call it breakdancing I can then avoid watching it on the box although I'd interested to see how they "judged" it as it would just be subjective.
 
Blackjack Davy said:
Or Cricket. If greco-roman wrestling is in there(!) then surely that qualifies too.
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To a point though I'm one who thinks that popular sports and well established sports like football and cricket that already have major world tournaments don't really need Olympic recognition. Winning a World Cup is much greater than winning a football Olympic medal and it really used as an U23 exercise. I suspect the same for Cricket, where winning the World Cup is a much greater prestige than any Olympic medal could hold.
 
oneilldo said:
And yet they still haven’t included squash
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Or Lacrosse, which actually used to be an Olympic sport.

That being said, the Olympics isn't about sports. It includes games, and mere activities, and events too. It's long been a joke and never was, nor is the height of competition.
 
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What's that bloody noise??? Oh, it's just some ancient Greeks turning in their graves, nothing to worry about ;)

Didn't the Romans ban the games for a while as anti Christian, heathen activities? Maybe they had something there...

Let me know when ale drinking gets a look in please.
 
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