# To those who think breaking should not be in the Olympics: Chillax. Or shove off **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** olympic-sports-track\ **Created:** [August 13, 2024, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633 "2024-08-13T00:32:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633/201 "2024-08-17T17:50:03Z")
That would be an interesting theory, but is somewhat weakened by the fact that curling is most popular in Canada, where lawn bowls and snooker are not popular spectator events. Honestly, it’s a GREAT TV Sport. Better than in person, because TV offers the perfect overhead angle. Break dancing is a terrific TV event too. It’s a very small area and easy for a camera to cover, you only have to watch one person, and it’s an amazing physical skill to witness as long as the competitor isn’t doing the kangaroo hop and the Curly Shuffle. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633/202 "2024-08-17T18:22:18Z")
Dog agility should be in the olympics. Awesome sport to watch and participate in. [International Agility Finals | Crufts 2024 (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyPW5n9-bW4) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633/203 "2024-08-17T18:35:23Z")
Someone told me videos of the performance have been ‘scrubbed from the Internet’. We didn’t watch the break dancing, and now it seems we can’t what all the hubbub is about. It must have been pretty bad if the videos are not available. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633/204 "2024-08-17T18:39:17Z")
[This](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T8q1d4LZb1Y) might suffice. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633/205 "2024-08-17T18:48:44Z")
If the videos of her performance were removed from YouTube or elsewhere that might be because the content is copyrighted and belongs to the IOC or NBC or both. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633/206 "2024-08-17T18:51:31Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > If you think breaking should not be an Olympic sport, I assume you feel the same way about artistic swimming and rhythmic gymnastics. There’s an incredible amount of skill, strength, stamina, flexibility, hand-eye coordination, and willingness to be sore or injured in all of them. Yeah, but all of them are hella-goofy. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633/207 "2024-08-17T18:52:43Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > If the videos of her performance were removed from YouTube or elsewhere that might be because the content is copyrighted and belongs to the IOC or NBC or both [Here’s](https://www.nbcnews.com/video/raygun-tries-kangaroo-hop-during-breaking-performance-at-paris-olympics-217000005695) something still up on, as far as I can tell, NBC. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633/208 "2024-08-17T19:01:21Z")
It’s nice to know there’s at least one Olympic-caliber performance even I am capable of achieving. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633/209 "2024-08-17T19:15:53Z")
Well, I’m sure I could compete in almost any Olympic discipline and get zero points. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633/210 "2024-08-17T19:20:41Z")
She got zero points, but she still managed to compete without injuring herself. I would certainly injure myself if I tried to compete in breaking, along with at least half the other summer sports (diving, pole vault, hurdles, javelin, hammer throw, kayak…). And I think I’d injure myself in 100% of the winter sports. I’m sure I’d even manage to hurt myself in curling. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633/211 "2024-08-17T19:35:37Z")
I am pretty sure you could throw a javelin without hurting yourself. Physically, anyway. They aren’t boomerangs. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633/212 "2024-08-17T19:38:12Z")
Yeah, but the rest of you better take cover. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633/213 "2024-08-17T19:49:11Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I am pretty sure you could throw a javelin without hurting yourself. Physically, anyway. They aren’t boomerangs. Oh, you of little faith. > Parker Kennedy, 17, was making practice throws at a USA track and field event at Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon when he tripped over his cleats and fell forward. > > The javelin punctured his right eye socket and became lodged into his head. More realistically, I’d probably injure my back or shoulder with poor technique. > **[Freak accident sends javelin into teen athlete's eye](https://abc13.com/parker-kennedy-javelin-in-athletes-eye-track-and-field-portland/1402094/)** > > Parker Kennedy, 17, will require reconstructive surgery after the accident [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-who-think-breaking-should-not-be-in-the-olympics-chillax-or-shove-off/1005633.md?page=10)