If dressage and a dozen different swimming variations can be Olympic sports, then this definitely qualifies.
"Sapiens dicit: 'Ignoscere divinum est, sed noli pretium plenum pro pizza sero allata solvere.'" - Michelangelo
I skip almost anything decided by a panel of judges rather than a clock or scoreboard. Swimming, yes. Diving, no, for example.
I admit to enjoying gymnastics, however. Some of the stuff those guys and gals do is amazing.
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." - Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Constitution, Draft 1, 1776
Olympic gymnastics is basically watching a bunch of superhumans. That can be said for almost any olympic sport, but while I can kind of imagine what its like to row or run really fast, or lift really heavy things, I can't really wrap my head around doing the stuff the gymnasts do.
If we believe in 'orginalism' then : https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/6871
While some event events might benefit from this in terms of viewership, some might not. Whether it would aid break dancing is the eye of the beholder.
Cloud Yeller of the Boomer Age
Well, when you’re constantly fighting your neighbors so they don’t wipe out your village and sell any the survivors into slavery that makes a lot of sense. But, doesn’t every generation that goes and fights say they’re doing it so the next generation won’t have to?
On the other hand while I’m not interested in many of the events, I think it’s pretty cool that we live in a time and place where people can do things like take skateboard riding to the limits of human performance. People talk about how humans are slower and weaker than all the other animals, but there’s not a known animal in the Universe beside man that’s going to build a skateboard and then ride one at a high level of proficiency. I think it’s kind of cool to celebrate humans doing weird human shit at high levels of proficiency even if what they’re doing might not be my jam.
Also, the Greeks were way into slavery and man-boy love and nobody is bitching about us taking that part of Ancient Greek culture out of the Olympics.
im strong, i can run faster than train