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Pole Dancers Push to Compete in Next Olympics
Pole Dancers Push to Compete in Next Olympics
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Pole dancing, the titillating mainstay of strip clubs throughout the globe, may one day be an Olympic sport, reports the New York Daily News. KT Coates, a pole dancer in England, and fellow advocates are circulating a petition for a test event at the 2012 Olympics and a more formal event four years later, in Rio de Janeiro.
Currently, they have 4,000 signatures, which seems unambitious considering a weekend canvass of strip clubs in New York alone could probably double that number.
At first glance, it seems unlikely that the Olympic committee would recognize pole dancing as a sport, let alone one that warrants an Olympic forum. (Many more-established sports, like squash, are not represented in the games.) But in recent years, pole dancing has in fact migrated from strip clubs to tony sports clubs, where it's become a popular and challenging fitness class. It's even been featured on Oprah. Hong Kong held pole-dancing championships in 2007, and other countries have similar competitions.
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I say the Olympics should bring it in when it becomes a contact sport... 
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