Olympic Pole Dancing?

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Everything can’t be an Olympic sport, right? We already have curling where you are called an Olympian because you can make a back-and-forth sweeping motion with no athletic precision whatsoever is a tad ridiculous. But pole dancing?

Absolutely, say thousands of pole dancers and the rapidly growing number of international and national federations transforming what was once the exclusive property of strip clubs and cheap bars into a respectable _ and highly athletic _ event.

Who is dubbing this respectable? Just because muscles are engaged during a form of workout shouldn’t mean that it should be a globally competed sport.

“I could definitely see pole dancing in the Olympics,” said Mai Sato, who, a dancer since the age of three, out-twirled a bevy of athletes from 11 countries at the second International Pole Dancing Fitness Championships in Tokyo two months ago. “I would love to win a gold medal.”

What? Give us enough time and we will think of everything to fill our idle minutes.