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how the hell is breakdancing in the
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Olympics where pickleball not well the
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simple answer is because the French
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absolutely love break dancing there's
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actually more to it you see in order for
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a sport to be designated as an Olympic
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sport it needs some International body
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with at least 75 countries the
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pickleball that's the ifp and in the
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last two and a half years it's signed up
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to 69 countries but crossing the
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threshold of 75 countries doesn't
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guarantee a spot in the next Olympics
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because what it all is way down to is
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money at every Olympic venue the host
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countries want to maximize viewership
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and in turn sponsorship Revenue to every
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consideration for what sports includes
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boils down to what people are going to
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watch that means even if a sport
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technically is Olympic qualified so no
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one wants to watch it it won't be
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included but there's a shortcut going
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into Olympics that doesn't require the
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sport to be certified in 75 countries
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it's the same route the skateboarding
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took to get into 2020 Tokyo Olympics
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that is been so popular the Olympics
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committee has no choice but to include
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them that's what happened with
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breakdancing for the upcoming 2024
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Olympics in Paris there's also
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considerations of how easy it is to come
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construct a venue to play the sport
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that's part of the reason it would be
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hard to ever include American football
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in the Olympics because the stadiums
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take up too much space But Here
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pickleball has an advantage because it
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uses existing venues from sports like
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badminton ping pong or tennis but even
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with all this in mind you still have to
