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, the national governing body for gymnastics, does not have parkour listed as a discipline."The FIG recently added parkour under its umbrella, and USA Gymnastics is currently considering options for the best and most efficient way to handle parkour in the USA," the organization told POPSUGAR.
FIG itself told POPSUGAR that it classifies parkour as a FIG discipline, not a gymnastics discipline."Parkour has never been developed as 'a gymnastics discipline,'" the organization said, adding that it has been in development as a FIG discipline since as far back as 2017."Parkour is parkour. The FIG is committed to respect parkour's identity and autonomy while supporting its development under the FIG umbrella.
Parkour athletes against FIG's"takeover" aren't sure if the sport has enough structure scoring-wise to be at the Olympics as of now."The main thing with parkour is that there's not really a dedicated competition structure built up on a regional and national level to validate saying, 'OK, we have the same Olympic standards as track and field does,'" Michael noted.
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