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"If you&amp;amp;#8217;re like me, your evenings for the past week or so have been dedicated to the Olympics. (Anyone else cry with Julia Mancuso last night?) Because I&amp;amp;#8217;m such an Olympics nut, some the wackier news stories that come out about the games don&amp;amp;#8217;t really shock me. Until this one&amp;amp;#133;Earlier this morning, a friend emailed me a rather interesting story from The Orange County Register. One sport is gaining a lot of attention in recent days because its biggest supporters have started a campaign to make it an official Olympic event. The sport? Pole dancing. This dude has a thing for a swing. And lest you think pole dancing is strictly for gyms and strip clubs, allow me to introduce you to 29 year old Mai Sato from Japan (you&amp;amp;#8217;ll have to hop over to the article to see a picture of her practicing). She&amp;amp;#8217;s the reigning world champion of pole dancing. According to the article, she trains for five hours a day, five days a week. Certainly Olympic size dedication. And the competitive pole dancing community says they take their sport very seriously; it&amp;amp;#8217;s more about athleticism than sensuality. Those in charge of the campaign are circulating a petition (it already has 4,000 signatures!) to be submitted to the International Olympics Committee (IOC) in hopes their sport can be a part of future Olympics games. Pole dancing supporters hope IOC officials will allow the sport to be a &amp;amp;#8220;test event&amp;amp;#8221; in the 2012 London games. If all goes well there, it could become an official sport for Rio de Janerio in 2016. Do you think the IOC should allow pole dancing to become an official Olympic event? Are there any other events you think should be added to the games? Are there any events you think should be dropped from the Olympics? Have you ever taken a pole dancing class? I hear it&amp;#x27;s an amazing work out! Can&amp;amp;#8217;t get enough of gold, silver and bronze? Read on for more Olympic stories. * Everyone wants to know: where is Apolo Anton Ohno&amp;amp;#8217;s mother? * A snowboarder&amp;amp;#8217;s awesome advice for bouncing back after a fall. * Do, Dump or Marry: Winter Olympic Athletes! More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow Glamour on Twitter. Photo: Jupiter Images. Image used for illustrative purposes only."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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