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Pole Dancing at the Olympics?

Can you imagine pole dancing at the Olympics? It's not actually that far-fetched, although this is pole sports and the two are not to be confused. Pole Sports has no suggestive movements, it's a mixture of gymnastics and dance - but the stigma remains a massive obstacle.

Not least because competitors at Sunday's Pole Sports World Championships in London can be as young as 10.

One of the sport's youngest stars Paige Olson and coach Katrina Wyckoff have been speaking to Sarah Mulkerrins:

(Picture: Pole Sport competitor, credit: AnnA AfreakA for IPSF)

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