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Taranaki pole dancing instructor thrilled with the sport's evolution

Taranaki pole dancing instructor thrilled with the sport’s evolution

[Leighton Keith | stuff] “I wanted more and more. It’s like a high, mastering moves and achieving things you never thought you could achieve.” Everybody knows athletics, swimming and pole vaulting are Olympic sports – now pole dancing could be joining them. And one instructor from Taranaki says she welcomes the idea. Last week the Global Association of International Sports Federations granted…

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Refusing to make pole dancing an Olympic event would show just how sexist sport really is

Refusing to make pole dancing an Olympic event would show just how sexist sport really is

[Rebecca Reid | Metro] If you’re good at something, and you’re ambitious, you want to be the best of it. When it comes to sport, being the best means (broadly speaking) the Olympics. Which is why it matters that there is currently a debate over whether or not pole-dancing should be considered to become an Olympic sport. The main objection to this idea? As if you even need to ask. Everyone knows…

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Pole Dancing Is A HUGE Step Closer to Being an Olympic Sport

Pole Dancing Is A HUGE Step Closer to Being an Olympic Sport

[Clover Hope | Jezebel] Pole dancers who find themselves constantly having to explain how much strength and agility it takes to swing your human body around a pole without plummeting to the ground have been vindicated. As of early October, pole dancing was granted “observer status” by the Global Association of International Sports Federation, which means it’s conditionally recognized as a sport…

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Ex-bikini bodybuilder shares fitness secrets after being crowned UK's best pole dancer

Ex-bikini bodybuilder shares fitness secrets after being crowned UK’s best pole dancer

[Sarah Buchanan | Daily Star] Cheryl Teagann has always been active and trained as a competitive athlete from the age of 13. As she grew older, the fitness fan started entering bikini bodybuilding competitions, which involved pumping iron six times a week and sticking to a strict diet. But she hung up her glittery bikini three years ago, to turn her attention to pole fitness instead. Speaking…

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Katie Coates 'achieves the impossible' to get pole dancing officially recognized as a sport

Katie Coates ‘achieves the impossible’ to get pole dancing officially recognized as a sport

[Matthew_MH | Hertfordshire Mercury] A Ware woman has “achieved the impossible” by getting pole dancing officially recognised as a sport. Katie Coates, 41, president of the international pole sports federation (IPSF), is now aiming to become a part of the Olympic Games. She began the long road to getting pole dancing recognised as a sport in 2006, when she started a petition to get it into the…

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Dancers take up pole position

Dancers take up pole position

[JUDITH AISTHORPE | NT News] Local competitor Jacqui La Croix competed in her first comp two years ago and is hoping to improve on her second place result. Ms La Croix said she’s been perfecting her routine for the past four months. the routine touches on heart break, love and empowerment. She said the routine and pole dancing in general was empowering. “I love how I feel empowered and strong and…

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Former pole dancer on a mission to prevent sexual exploitation

Former pole dancer on a mission to prevent sexual exploitation

[Sarah Singleton | Swindon Advertiser] “I want to help protect girls, to raise the standards in clubs so they don’t fall through the cracks… I was worried standards had dropped and women are being exploited.” Beauty queen Christine Gregory is a woman with a mission – as Mrs Swindon British Empire, she wants to use her success to kickstart a local campaign educating young people on the dangers of…

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Pole dancing puts a writer’s ego in check

Pole dancing puts a writer’s ego in check

[Sophia Starmack / Banner Correspondent | Wicked Local Truro] “Any body, any age, any gender can do this…Pole dancing is for everybody.” If the instruction “Wear booty shorts and don’t use lotion” makes you nervous, you’re not alone. When I hung up the phone with Jena Clough of DreamFyre Pole Fitness, I had to wonder what I’d gotten myself into. Clough had been gregarious and encouraging,…

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