Time for New Change in the Olympics

Some people believe that sports acrobatics should not be an Olympic sport because many people are not aware of the sport since acrobatics get very little coverage. But the truth is that sports acrobatics is becoming a very popular sport in the United States and around the world. Also in the past several years’ sports acrobatics have had media coverage with other popular Olympics sports such as gymnastics. After the 2012 London Games there was A Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions that included “Olympians, world champions, men, women, and acro athletes”(Cast 1). Additionally, sports acrobatics have done many exhibitions after the gymnastics national championships that have been aired. There are many sports that are in the Olympics that people find extremely boring or do not care about such as curling. Sports acrobatics could replace these boring sports with something new and exciting. Since people have not heard about sports acrobatics it may cause a new interest and make the sport bigger. Sports acrobatics should be in the Olympics because it is very electrifying and fun to watch.

Also many people believe that since sports acrobatics in not an original sport and does not follow the Olympic tradition it should not be part of the Olympics. But this statement is false. Throughout Olympic history there have been many changes that have broken Olympic tradition. For example, during the first several years of the Olympics only men were allowed to compete, but the rule was changed to allow women to compete too. Furthermore “the International Olympic Committee accepted the duet event for the 1984 Olympics” (“History of Synchronized” 15) that added synchronized swimming to the Olympics. Synchronized swimming was not an original sport to the Olympics, but was still added because if its difficulty and uniqueness. Other spots that have been added to the Olympics are badminton, table tennis, and canoe/kayak. Something a person would find appalling is how “wrestling may be the world’s oldest sport, but it won’t be an Olympic sport after 2016” (Eldred 1). This does not make any sense. Wrestling has been part of the first sports in Athens and now the committee has decided to get rid of the sport. There have been many traditions that have been broken and new ones that have been made too. Sports acrobatics should be part of the Olympics because it can create a new tradition and the new change can improve the Olympics.

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