Freestyle skiing, snowboarding, skating, bmx, motocross, mountain bike etc says you’re wrong.
While it’s possible to compete in events for most or all of those things competition is only a tiny part of it.
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iegod@lemm.ee 9 hours agoI wouldn’t call them athletes if their skill isn’t what determines the outcome. Performers certainly like cirque du Soleil.
SirActionSack@aussie.zone 6 hours ago
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
LOL
Go try to do moonsault off a steel cage without breaking your neck and then you can judge.
iegod@lemm.ee 8 hours ago
Still not an athlete.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 hours ago
wwe have to labe them as sports performers, so they arnt subject to any regulatory issues, like with roids and standards. we know alot of the wrestlers was on PEDS, rock and cena was the most obvious.
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 8 hours ago
Why not? What definition of ‘athlete’ are you even using? Did you just decide this?
warbond@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
athlete Athletes compete or strive against others to attain a goal, TV wrestlers perform.
mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
You could say there goal is to perform for that audience, as a team….of athletes.
oppy1984@lemm.ee 4 hours ago
I wanted to be a pro wrestler in my teens, I have no around with local wrestlers and did ring crew work from time to time when a show was local. Eventually they started giving me some training and let me tell you it takes a lot of athletic ability to make those moves look good without injuring the other person.
Just because the outcome is predetermined doesn’t mean the lead up to the outcome isn’t an athletic competition. They are competing in that ring, it’s just that they are competing for a chance at a belt and earning the belt is the equivalent of a promotion in the workplace. Champions get better pay and more opportunities.