# Break dancing to be olympic sport

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-dancing-to-be-olympic-sport/926932>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** olympic-sports-track\
**Created:** [December 1, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-dancing-to-be-olympic-sport/926932 "2020-12-01T16:45:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-dancing-to-be-olympic-sport/926932/61 "2020-12-16T18:08:06Z")

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It’s really not that big, outside the UK and its former colonies.

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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-dancing-to-be-olympic-sport/926932/62 "2020-12-16T18:53:49Z")

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US is a former UK colony right ? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-dancing-to-be-olympic-sport/926932/63 "2020-12-16T19:17:20Z")

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The US stopped being a colony before England got into cricket bigtime. Seriously, though. Look at the members of the International Cricket Council; Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe. Basically all colonies.

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**Author:** ![Dahu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahu/32/3416_2.png) [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-dancing-to-be-olympic-sport/926932/64 "2020-12-17T22:25:47Z")

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Still, that’s a good few countries and a good chunk of the world’s population. I don’t see that it’s relevant they are ex-colonies.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-dancing-to-be-olympic-sport/926932/65 "2020-12-18T15:37:33Z")

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Isn’t harness racing basically chariot racing?

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-dancing-to-be-olympic-sport/926932/66 "2020-12-18T15:52:03Z")

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Yeah. If they’re going to call it chariot racing they need to allow spikes protruding from the axels.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/break-dancing-to-be-olympic-sport/926932/67 "2020-12-18T22:43:53Z")

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Yeah, Elmer gets it.

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