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How is this a flipping Olympic sport...ffs🤦🏻♂️
It's just as much a sport as figure skating or synchronised swimming.
Which also shouldn't be sports. Yes they're hard to do. But if the scoring is mostly based on style it's not a sport. That's a hobby that got out of hand and over competitive.
Physical exertion ✅
Skill ✅
Competition ✅
Entertainment ✅
You're free to dislike judged sports, but they're still sports.
If it takes a panel of judges to determine style points it shouldn't be in the Olympics.
Well I think we can all agree not to put you in charge of any important decisions after today.
https://sh.itjust.works/post/23529892
It's not a hot take to want consistency. When judges determine if your gesticulations were the correct ones it shouldn't be in the Olympics.
Thank you for your UNSOLICITED AND SUBJECTIVE OPINION.
After brief consideration, I have determined it to be of absolutely no worth to me, but your very singular wit is welcome to it.
It's all good. And plenty of other people agree. Because break dancing isn't coming back for 2028. Hopefully the equestrian junk and a few other style point events make an exit as well.
That's literally how the Olympics has always been. You're basically saying the Olympics shouldn't be the Olympics.
No it's not. Wrestling doesn't involve style points. Track and field don't either. I've never seen judges grade marathon runners on their form.
High jump has judges, so does boxing. I’d say both are sports people would expect in the olympics.
Have you ever read how fucked boxing is in the Olympics? It's potentially been rigged for a long time now.
Sure, but that doesn’t mean that judged sports are not Olympic. How about Judo and fencing? Both have judges too
None of the martial sports have the winner based upon style points.
Judo competition is completely based on what style points the jury awarded your move. Or sometimes which negative style points.
Yes it is because, again, the Olympics have always been like this. You tell me one Olympics where that was not the case.
The bullshit like synchronized swimming didn't start getting added until the 80's.
And yet, diving and gymnastics have been a part of the Olympics since the beginning. Or are those judged sports acceptable?
We get dumb stuff like this going on all the time. That puts into question the fairness of the entire competition.
https://sh.itjust.works/post/23529892
Yet again, they have always been part of the Olympics. So what you want is an Olympics that isn't the Olympics.
Alternately, you could just not watch those events and not worry about other people enjoying them.
Style points are awarded in multiple Olympic sports including gymnastics, BMX freestyle, sychronized swimming, certain diving categories, and in winter sports like freestyle skiing, figure skating, and snowboarding.
If you have a problem with that don't watch those Olympic sports.
I don't. But it's still dumb they're in when other non-judged sports that should be aren't.
This lemmy will look you dead in the eye and say that skateboarding and surfing aren't sports because they also use judge based scores.
No I'm saying they shouldn't be in the Olympics
I really hate this take, the Olympics isn't just about physical sports, it's also about human skill, and determination. Both of which can be found in many different areas of expertise, including dancing. Not that the average person could even do this without a certain baseline level of fitness.
And that's a huge understatement. You need incredible core and upper body strength to do any of those holds. You need to have an elite level of fitness to compete at that level.
Because it takes a shit ton of skill and has been competitive since it started in the late 60s. Yes, it goes that far back.
Can you do it?
No. They do enjoy armchair quarterbacking and back seat driving tho.
Because it's incredibly athletic, which is what the Olympics is all about
idk dude, how does anything get to be an olympic sport? it gets popular enough and the olympic committee thinks it'll draw a crowd and decides to include it. it's not like there aren't several other dance sports in the games already.
I find it very interesting too that its a sport. Not because its dance but theres so many types of dancing.... Salsa, ballroom, river dancing, swing, etc. Why is there only a certain type of dance for the Olympics?