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To: grundle

I originally thought break-dancing as an Olympic sport could prove problematic, and I was correct.


2 posted on 08/12/2024 3:22:27 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88

It’s performance art. It can be very strenuous, but there is no objective way to score it. You’ll score it down if you don’t like it and you might score it up if you do like it.

Bodybuilding is the same way. Bodybuilding is not a sport, imo, because there is no way to score it objectively. It’s a performance art. It takes a lot of knowledge and skill to get the maximum effort out of your reps and it’s a lot of work to get your fat down to the point where skin becomes almost translucent to show the muscle, but there is no objective way to score it.

If it can’t be objectively scored, it’s more a performance art than sport.


11 posted on 08/12/2024 3:39:56 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )
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To: PGR88

Break dancing, skate boarding, trampolines....all of it.

Olympics are about warrior sports showcasing speed, strength and agility. New catagories for new-age, trendy fads produce ridiculous displays like this one.


24 posted on 08/12/2024 4:09:58 PM PDT by TonyinLA (I don't have sufficient information to formulate a reasoned opinion said no lefty ever.)
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To: PGR88

Ghetto rat, knuckle dragger garbage display.


36 posted on 08/12/2024 4:42:43 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: PGR88

I’m not impressed - I’ve seen much better breakdancing; though usually males.


49 posted on 08/14/2024 11:56:49 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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