I wrote about Pole Dancing at the Olympics last week and that sent a slew of bloggers to report on Pole Dancing at the Olympics and it continues as we start a new week. Here’s what I’ve collected–comment and let me know your take:

My Two Bits – Pole dancing seeks Olympic inclusion – Olympics …

pole dancing? In the Olympics? Absolutely, say thousands of pole dancers and the rapidly growing number of international and national federations transforming what was once the exclusive property of strip clubs and cheap bars into a …

…and on another blog:

Among the blind, the squint rules: Pole Dancing for Olympics

Pole Dancing for Olympics. I wrote an article yesterday for Sportskeeda here on the herculean task kabaddi has in making it to the Olympics. And today I come across this story on how pole dancers are now wanting their sport to be …

I’m sure we’ll have more on Olympics and pole dancing for you tomorrow…

Olympic Pole Dancing?

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Will you Pole Dancing make it to the Olympics? Pole dancing‘s bad rep as it’s been linked to the “stripper” underground world and hasn’t seen light–or been given credit in the U.S.–whom is years behind Europe in the Pole Dance world.

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If you saw last night’s Grammy Awards you may have noticed over the 3+ hour event that there wasn’t any pole dancing!

We saw outrageous outfits, Gaga this & Gaga that, Pink pulled off a Cirque bit–but no pole dancing.

Isn’t the art of pole dance on every celebs brain right now? Hasn’t pole fitness spiked interest into Oprah, 8 shows worth? Does Brooke Hogan and Miley Cyrus spring life into the tabloids and TMZ–keeping parents pissed that their young ones would want to “stripper pole dance”?

To me, I figure that the Grammy’s are notorious for being edgy and pushing the envelope–but for as outrageous as the show was, unfortunately the art of pole dance didn’t get a nod.

I believe it’s time to see this regularly on American television as we are 2-3 years behind Europe when it comes to the popularity of pole dance. Maybe if we weren’t so crude….or uneducated, we’d see more people accept an art that is simply not stripping.

We can only hope that it will reach the Olympics soon and get the cred it really deserves. What do you think?

And as for the Grammy’s…well, better luck next year–

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