Should sports like golf and soccer be included in the Olympics?
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Golf, 3x3 basketball, soccer, should they be in the Olympics?
One former athlete has a unique perspective as to why they probably shouldn't be:
"The Olympic Games should be the epitome of any sport, so if there's other sporting competitions that are even more powerful than the Olympic ones, I'd probably push them out," Former Hockeyroo Sally Carbon said.
And Skeet agreed to an extent - if other competitions take 'the best of the best' away from the Olympics, then it's not the epitome.
Plus, the added sports getting kids interested in the Olympics again.
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