Breakdancing will be an official sport at the Paris 2024 Olympics

If shooting people live on camera got them more advertising dollars it would be an Olympic Sport. The IOC has no scruples. I just view this as the cultural appropriation of Hip Hop for money.

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I think hip hop is doing a great job all by itself getting dat cash

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Man, I was born about 35 years too late. I’ve moved from ‘busting a move’ to ‘busting a hip’.

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Depends on the video game…

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It’s a valid concern that this will cause Breaking to loose authenticity. We all remember what happened after Croquet was included in the 1900 Olympic Games.

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I’m calling it:
Parkour is an Olympic sport by 2030.

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@Alvin_Goodman ethletes

I’m surprised that it isn’t an Olympic Sport already. It is physically demanding, visually arresting, and can be fitted in to a compact area for filming.

I’m hoping that Paris goes all in, and that they replace the crypto-fascist entry march with flags, with something like this…

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I’ve been waiting for juggling’s recognition for 30 years.

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