Break Dancing

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  1. churtonred

    churtonred Well-Known Member

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    In all seriousness and with apologies for being facetious earlier breakdancing, synchronised swimming, cheerleading may well need strong skill sets beyond the reach of most of us but that doesn't make em sport. At best their claim to be a sport requires a huge element of subjective judgement. They are, in fact, performance art. Not my cup of tea even as performance art but that's just my view. Sport...never.
     
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  2. LiverpoolRed

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    Are the Olympics all about sport though? Medals have been awarded for art and architecture at the modern Olympics
     
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    Have they?

    Why not have a separate Olympics for performance art, music, painting etc though I don't really see where citius, altius or fortius would fit in.
     
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    But fit in with three Olympic values of friendship, EXCELLENCE and respect
     
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    Tbh I don’t watch half the sports that take place in the olympics just the ones I’m interested in .
    I used to look at some and think why are they on olympics , synchronised swimming etc .
    Now I have a different view and that is anything can be an Olympic sport if it had a good following
    If it gets a good following which I’m sure it will I can’t see problem especially with benefits I’ve posted earlier.
    I f it can be accommodated and others,cheerleading etc why not . There’ll be plenty other things to watch for those that don’t want to.
    If it’s doing greater good ring it on .
    Most of the major sports are bringing the olympics into disrepute with controversy maybe these activities will bring something back .
    Whatever happens will be trial led so if it doesn’t work it’ll be eventually dropped anyway.
     
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    Tug of War an Olympic sport 1900-1920.
    Polo up to 1936
    Croquet 1900-1904
    Plunging 1904 (discontinued because it was an 'absolute waste of time!')
    Deer shooting

    As we have the triple jump as an Olympic Sport the anything is possible .
     
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    Hey i remember aving a conversation wi a Pigeon racer and he told me that they used to av live pigeon shooting in Olympics, imagine that in London, Paris, Berlin, ect shooting pigeons.
     
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    To you n all
     
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    If synchronized swimming, ice skating and freestyle gymnastics are all set to music, I can't see why break dancing shouldn't be considered.

    To do that stuff you have to be extremely athletic and fit, and it's something that probably offers more variety than, say, diving.

    Let the Olympics get down with the kids man!
     
    fitzytyke, Feb 22, 2019
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    If they're looking for new Olympic sports, plate-spinning gets my vote.
     
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    MARBLES, brilliant put ya marbles in a circle last in wins,

    BLAGGING, 10pence throw it to wall nearest wins,

    Remember the old sayings as well playing for keepsees.

    p.s, Does anybody remember jacks
     
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    Some kid will try spinning on his head in the street, cut his head on a stone and it’ll get a nation wide ban for being too dangerous
     
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    The Greeks will be turning in their urns
     
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    It's similar to skateboarding, rhythmic gymnastics and arial skiing, all Olympic sports.
     
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    they should introduce Dwarf throwing too.
     
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    Baseball back in to the Olympics... when only really the USA play. But no squash? Although I don’t know where I could play squash in town anymore. Didn’t Bpl change all the courts to gyms?
     
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    Dorothy Hyman and Shaw lane
     
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