Parkour is a sport, also known as freerunning, but it is not an Olympic sport.
As the final torchbearer parkours around the city of lights during the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, curious viewers started wondering whether parkour is an Olympic sport.The International Gymnastics Federation attempted to include parkour as one of the new sports at the Paris Olympics, but the International Olympic Committee ultimately decided against including the street-running sport,
Organizers of the sport of parkour, The Parkour Earth, don't actually want the sport to be included in the Olympics because they say they oppose FIG's"hostile takeover" of the sport. It's still possible in the future that parkour will become an Olympic sport. It would have been fitting had parkour been included because modern-day parkour was developed in the 1990s in Paris.Justin Timberlake's lawyer says singer wasn't drunk, argues DUI charges should be dropped
Belle and his teenage friends would practice jumping and climbing over city structures. The practice eventually developed into an art of movement through natural obstacles. It then became more popular through its inclusion in movies.
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