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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
When skate boarding, and badminton are Olympic "sports" is is just silly....it is just showing off and not a sport.
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I can see badminton as a sport...scores are kept and there are clearly defined winners & losers. But I agree that most of the 'freestyle' events, with their very subjective scoring systems, are mostly just about showing off. I think events of this type are added to attract younger participants and spectators who actually consider them to be real sports. The X-Games are a good example of this new breed of 'competitive' events.
It's like when drifting somehow managed to become a motorsport 
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