To be fair, they just want to call it Pole, not Pole Dancing. And they say Pole doesn't have to be erotic.
The International Pole Sports Federation is trying to make it an Olympic sport...
There are 3 criteria that must be met, to make Pole an Olympic sport. And according to BBC Sport, the IPSF has met 2 of the 3 (as you can see in this quoted text from BBC Sport)--
Right now, there are about 20 national federations. So this isn't happening just yet.
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