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TOKYO - For Japan's Mai Sato, watching all those gold medals being handed out in Vancouver is a bittersweet experience.
Sato knows the demands of being the best. In her world, blisters are the rule, bruises a way of life. And the training — five hours a day, five days a week.
The world champion in her sport, Sato is as athletic, dedicated and competitive as the Olympians representing their nations. And she thinks it's high time her discipline, too, got some real recognition.
Still, pole dancing? In the Olympics?
Absolutely, say thousands of pole dancers and the rapidly growing number of international and national federations transforming what was once the exclusive property of strip clubs and cheap bars into a respectable — and highly athletic — event.
"I could definitely see pole dancing in the Olympics," said Sato, who, a dancer since the age of three, out-twirled a bevy of athletes from 11 countries at the second International Pole Dancing Fitness Championships in Tokyo two months ago. "I would love to win a gold medal."
If cricket can't make it ...
It's admittedly a high bar.
Established sports such as squash and cricket have failed to make the Olympic cut, baseball and softball were recently given the ax, and the International Olympic Committee's decision to end its support of nonofficial, demonstration sports after the Summer Games in 1992 has made gaining a foothold, the way judo and taekwondo did, all that much harder.
Plus, pole dancing needs to first gain IOC recognition as a sport — an uphill battle if ever there was one.
No matter, pole dance enthusiasts say.
Hong Kong-based Ania Przeplasko, the founder of the International Pole Dancing Fitness Association, the sport's fledgling supervisory body, believes Olympic recognition is only a matter of time and would be a victory for underappreciated sports worldwide.
"There will be a day when the Olympics see pole dancing as a sport," she said. "The Olympic community needs to acknowledge the number of people doing pole fitness now. We're shooting for 2012."[/release]
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These strippers rack too much disciprin to be in the Orympics
Definitely make the Olympics more worth watching :fappery:
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;20391493]Definitely make the Olympics more worth watching :fappery:[/QUOTE]
High five to that brother.
Getting gold for being the best (read: sluttiest) dancer in the world.
What an awesome idea.
Oh yes definitely that'll make the 2016 Olympics alot cooler also :D (They're in Brazil)
Pole Dancing is a disgrace to everything the Olympics stand for.
Haha "high bar"
[QUOTE=Wakka;20391569]Pole Dancing is a disgrace to everything the Olympics stand for.[/QUOTE]
How so?
Uniting the world under the great sport of Pole dancing?
I'm okay with this. It's a rigorous sport, and the olympics are for sports, right?
[QUOTE=Wakka;20391569]Pole Dancing is a disgrace to everything the Olympics stand for.[/QUOTE]
agreed
Now this is would be interesting. :D
Pole dancing is clearly a show, not a sport that takes years of planning and dedication. All it takes is the ability to grind one's clit on a pole. You don't even have to be in peak physical shape.
Pole dancing isn't a sport, let alone a commonly competitive anything, and its common usage does not represent something most nations would like to show off.
"Ya, that's right, US has the sluttiest pole dancers of all time. Something to be proud of. Come on, bring your kids, your grandma, it's cool."
Hey, if curling can be an Olympic sport, I don't see why this can't.
Some woman who failed school and resorted to sucking dick and rubbing her clit on a fire pole to feed her illegitimate children (who have no father) is suddenly representing the United States' best and brightest.
Yeah, makes complete sense to me.
[QUOTE=Wakka;20391677]Some woman who failed school and resorted to sucking dick and rubbing her clit on a fire pole to feed her illegitimate children (who have no father) is suddenly representing the United States' best and brightest.
Yeah, makes complete sense to me.[/QUOTE]
Look at any sport.
Most of them are just about who can run the fastest or hit the hardest or shoot/throw the most accurately.
Pole dancing is less of a crappy sport than some of the lame things they have in the Olympics already.
It's about time!
Well, this will make the Olympics worth watching. I say the judges should all be collage students.
[QUOTE=Wakka;20391647]Pole dancing is clearly a show, not a sport that takes years of planning and dedication. All it takes is the ability to grind one's clit on a pole. You don't even have to be in peak physical shape.[/QUOTE]
And ice skating differs in being "clearly a show" how?
I definitely want to see some guys out there showing their stuff off.
Brazil, America, Japan, and Sweden are going to become the top dogs at this.
you guys are assholes she trained for years to become the master pole dancer she is RESPECT HER
I can see this becoming a sport. Not in sexual dancing, but in gymnastic sort of shit, like it's vertical.
I hope not, the Olympics are one of the few still sacred traditions.
[QUOTE=Wakka;20391569]Pole Dancing is a disgrace to everything the Olympics stand for.[/QUOTE]
half naked [I]men[/I] prancing about?
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[QUOTE=Wakka;20391569]Pole Dancing is a disgrace to everything the Olympics stand for.[/QUOTE]
What you aren't happy unless it's just men running around in inappropriately tight pants?
This is a sport we can all enjoy watching.
[QUOTE=CommieTurtle;20391663]Hey, if curling can be an Olympic sport, I don't see why this can't.[/QUOTE]
Don't talk shit about curling.
[QUOTE=Wakka;20391677]Some woman who failed school and resorted to sucking dick and rubbing her clit on a fire pole to feed her illegitimate children (who have no father) is suddenly representing the United States' best and brightest.
Yeah, makes complete sense to me.[/QUOTE]
Originaly, Olympic Games were supposed to have rookies - not proffesional sportsmen and women. Obviously not best and brightest - technically, anyone off the street who wanted to particepate.
[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;20391704]Look at any sport.
Most of them are just about who can run the fastest or hit the hardest or shoot/throw the most accurately.[/QUOTE]
This is what the Olympic games started as. basically training and showing off for soldiers. the more recent add in's dont reflect this but the others do. Javelin: who can throw a spear at an enemy furthest away? Long Jump:who can jump the widest trench. High Jump: who cna jump the highest enemy walls.
etc.
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