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Pole dancing in line to become Olympic sport
The Times of London ^
| 10/17/17
| Sean O’Neill
Posted on 10/18/2017 5:53:47 AM PDT by RightGeek
Pole dancing has come a long way since it appeared at 1980s strip clubs. It now has an accepted scoring system.
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The Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) confirmed yesterday that it has given observer status to the International Pole Sports Federation (IPSF) in a move which sets out a “clear pathway” towards full Olympic recognition.
Patrick Baumann, president of GAISF said it was an “exciting time” for pole sports and added: “We will do everything within our remit to help them realise their full potential...
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Paywall.
I don't even want to think about "pole sports" for transgenders. As for the Olympics - just LOL.
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posted on
10/18/2017 5:53:47 AM PDT
by
RightGeek
To: RightGeek
Do the judges put their scores in their garter belts?
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posted on
10/18/2017 5:54:54 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: RightGeek
"...Patrick Baumann, president of GAISF said it was an “exciting time” for pole sports and added: “We will do everything within our remit to help them realise their full potential..." I would be willing to donate a dollar to make this an Olympic sport. And another...and another...
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posted on
10/18/2017 5:55:47 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Liberals: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
To: RightGeek
Everyday it’s more like jesters and jezebels performing before the court. What’s next sword swallowing? Take a knee!
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posted on
10/18/2017 5:59:48 AM PDT
by
Kudsman
( Anyone to the Right of Stalin is a Far Right Wing candidate to the Far Left Wing Media.)
To: RightGeek
We’re talking about pole dancing as an Olympic sport now and the talk of the nation focuses on sexual harassment in Hollywood. Does anyone see how incongruous this is?
To: RightGeek
Pole dancing and video games..?
wow.
when I started hating Olympics and ignoring them I had no idea that I was a trailblazer.
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posted on
10/18/2017 6:00:38 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: RightGeek
They tried to take wrestling out of the Olympics, but pole dancing will be added. Does Harvey Weinstein rule the world?
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posted on
10/18/2017 6:01:26 AM PDT
by
cdcdawg
To: central_va
Do the judges put their scores in their garter belts?Yeah...scribbled on $20 bills.
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posted on
10/18/2017 6:01:45 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
("Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers)
To: Old Teufel Hunden
I just wonder how Patrick Baumann came home and told his wife.
Well, I got good news for me and bad news for you. I finally got a job. I’m executive director of a pole dancing team.
Just another reason to skip the Olympics.
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posted on
10/18/2017 6:02:02 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
(Trump tweets are the only news source you can trust.)
To: RightGeek
I suppose they had to come up with something to compete against the Brazillian womens beach volley ball team events.
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posted on
10/18/2017 6:02:36 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
("Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers)
To: RightGeek
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posted on
10/18/2017 6:04:42 AM PDT
by
ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: RightGeek
This may lead to an AC/DC music revival.
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posted on
10/18/2017 6:05:17 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: ETL
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posted on
10/18/2017 6:05:52 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: RightGeek
why not Olympic bong hits and pizza making..?
how about that?
Juggling and back-upsack..?
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posted on
10/18/2017 6:06:17 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: RightGeek
Forget seedy clubs. Go to YouTube and you can find some incredibly athletic routines, and even more cringe worthy fails.
An amazingly high percentage of the fails are from what appear to be cheap poles - basically flimsy vertical shower-curtain rod like poles held in place (at least briefly) by friction. Moral of the story: ladies, buy good equipment!
As for making it an Olympic sport??? I don't know. The engineer in me prefers sports/contests that are less subjective - where there is a definitive time, distance, placement, weight...
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posted on
10/18/2017 6:06:38 AM PDT
by
ThunderSleeps
(Doing my part to help make America great again!)
To: ETL
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posted on
10/18/2017 6:07:48 AM PDT
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: RightGeek
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posted on
10/18/2017 6:08:15 AM PDT
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ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: RightGeek
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posted on
10/18/2017 6:09:37 AM PDT
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ETL
(See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
To: gaijin
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posted on
10/18/2017 6:09:55 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: RightGeek
My favorite Pole dance is the mazurka.
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posted on
10/18/2017 6:11:42 AM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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