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Re:Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken'... by foliovision on Monday January 06, 2025 @09:40AM (#42610901)
Breakdancing should never had made it into the Olympics. Breakdancing is art or it's not. It's certainly not sport.

Cf. Rhythmic gymnastics free routine is borderline but there's a whole bunch more set pieces the young women do with balls and hoops which are sport. Figure skating is also borderline but does have figures and set moves and a high physical danger factor (you try leaping high, at speed on the ice, or being lifted). Freestyle skiing doesn't belong in the Olympics.

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Re:Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken'... by delichon on Monday January 06, 2025 @09:47AM (#42610968)
The ancient Greeks separated arts into the Pythian Games at Delphi, which celebrated Apollo and featured competitions in music, poetry and drama ... plus athletics. Rather than including the arts in the Olympics perhaps an international quadrennial Pythian Games should be established.
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Re:Olympians turn to OnlyFans to fund dreams due to 'broken'... by NickC25 on Monday January 06, 2025 @08:56PM (#42618354)
Agree. Shame it made it into the Olympics over the likes of Squash or other sports that clearly have an international appeal and following.
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