Okay, that's a sport I could watch.......
The International Pole Sports Federation (IPSF) has submitted an application to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to be recognized as a fully-fledged sport.
The IPSF's Olympic Sub-Committee has been working on its submission for the last five months, with its case boosted after it was officially confirmed as a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code.
The organization currently has 22 members, but the IPSF wants to increase this to 40 by the end of 2017 as part of its recognition effort.
IPSF President KT Coates told the Guardian in the buildup to the championships that people's attitudes to the sport had changed.
Coates was a dancer at the Raymond Revue bar during the 1990s, and later at clubs in Japan, but says things have moved on since then.
https://www.rt.com/sport/362800-pole-dancing-at-olympics/
The International Pole Sports Federation (IPSF) has submitted an application to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to be recognized as a fully-fledged sport.
The IPSF's Olympic Sub-Committee has been working on its submission for the last five months, with its case boosted after it was officially confirmed as a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code.
The organization currently has 22 members, but the IPSF wants to increase this to 40 by the end of 2017 as part of its recognition effort.
IPSF President KT Coates told the Guardian in the buildup to the championships that people's attitudes to the sport had changed.
Coates was a dancer at the Raymond Revue bar during the 1990s, and later at clubs in Japan, but says things have moved on since then.
https://www.rt.com/sport/362800-pole-dancing-at-olympics/
