Manhattan Strip Clubs: Pole Dancers Push to Compete in Next Olympics
… Feb. 24) — Pole dancing, the titillating mainstay of strip clubs throughout the globe, may one day be an Olympic sport, reports the New York Daily News. KT Coates, a pole dancer in England, and fellow advocates are circulating a petition for a test event at the 2012 Olympics and a more formal event four years later, in Rio de Janeiro.
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Traskos shouldn’t worry. The famously staid Olympic officials — who recently sent packing U.S. snowboarding bronze medalist Scotty Lago after only slightly racy photos appeared — are unlikely to endorse anytime soon an event that is closely associated with strip clubs and lap dances.
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And while you’re not going to see pole dancing on NBC over the next few days, there remain many non-Olympic venues in Vancouver where you can check it out, should you desire. No doubt the city’s strip clubs are faring well with the tourist influx. The only question is if alongside their standard entertainment, they’re also providing TV coverage of curling.
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