# Yo-yos and Olympics **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Videos\ **Created:** [February 26, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yos-and-olympics/441503 "2026-02-26T21:23:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DocPop](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/docpop/32/605009_2.png) [@DocPop](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DocPop)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yos-and-olympics/441503/1 "2026-02-26T21:23:06Z")
The second mention of yo-yoing by a US Olympian this week. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/2/1/f21b370b638c240705c1f65a107d1592a3031d8e.jpeg "If yo-yoing was an Olympic sport.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD8-KkHopWk) The original source video is here [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU7-HIxD0wI/](https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU7-HIxD0wI/) ---
**Author:** ![neonfishingrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@neonfishingrod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/neonfishingrod)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yos-and-olympics/441503/2 "2026-02-27T00:12:12Z")
what was the first? ---
**Author:** ![DocPop](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/docpop/32/605009_2.png) [@DocPop](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DocPop)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yos-and-olympics/441503/3 "2026-02-27T00:27:53Z")
Aidan Oldenburg, a member of the US curling team, has been seen yo-yoing between rounds at the Olympics. I made another video about that here: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/9/7/797194107ad36fd94daec35b66d726470f9ad916.jpeg "#yoyo vs #curling. #winterolympics") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNoFVsRh8qU) ---
**Author:** ![Flapjack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/flapjack/32/698167_2.png) [@Flapjack](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Flapjack)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yos-and-olympics/441503/4 "2026-02-27T00:30:39Z")
I wonder if there is a connection. Maybe Aidan showed Alysa his yo-yo tricks. ---
**Author:** ![DocPop](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/docpop/32/605009_2.png) [@DocPop](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/DocPop)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yos-and-olympics/441503/5 "2026-02-27T00:32:00Z")
Quite possibly, though I think the footage of Alysa is from before the Olympics began. Either way, I hope they got to hang out and throw yo for a bit. ---
**Author:** ![edhaponik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/edhaponik/32/150896_2.png) [@edhaponik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/edhaponik)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yos-and-olympics/441503/6 "2026-02-27T00:46:44Z")
Super great for the visibility of yoyo, as would be yo-yo’s inclusion in the Olympics… it was so cool when she said it should be. However we have a looooooooong way to go imo in terms of actually having what spectators would see as valid and legitimate in a competition of that scale. Not saying it could never happen. There’s just a WORLD of difference between the specificity, predictability, and objectivity of what you see in ice skating judging (or even surfing/skateboarding) compared with how our events are judged. Don’t get me wrong: yo-yoing’s value (to me) is NOT in its potential as a legitimate “athletic” endeavor. Honestly more than anything it’s its DEFIANCE of the quantization and predictability that something like the Olympics would require. ---
**Author:** ![neonfishingrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@neonfishingrod](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/neonfishingrod)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yos-and-olympics/441503/7 "2026-02-27T01:21:36Z")
yes, she must have learned yoyoing from a man. 🙄 and people wonder why its such a boys club around here.. ---
**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yos-and-olympics/441503/8 "2026-02-27T01:31:40Z")
If it was in the Olympics would it be Summer or Winter? ---
**Author:** ![cjnxn\_yoyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/cjnxn_yoyo/32/265169_2.png) [@cjnxn\_yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/cjnxn_yoyo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yos-and-olympics/441503/9 "2026-02-27T13:06:39Z")
Summer probably, yoyo doesn’t work in cold weather. ---
**Author:** ![Splizacular](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/splizacular/32/640487_2.png) [@Splizacular](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Splizacular)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yos-and-olympics/441503/10 "2026-02-27T13:24:30Z")
> [@neonfishingrod](#): > > yes, she must have learned yoyoing from a man. he already plays, she just made a comment about it. it’s not an unreasonable assumption. why be inflammatory about something so clearly innocuous? ---
**Author:** ![GTDropKnot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gtdropknot/32/212400_2.png) [@GTDropKnot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GTDropKnot)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yos-and-olympics/441503/11 "2026-02-27T14:32:35Z")
> [@edhaponik](#): > > the specificity, predictability, and objectivity of what you see in ice skating judging (or even surfing/skateboarding) compared with how our events are judged. Oh idk…there was “controversy” around the pairs ice dancing this year and I do think judging could be refined so that it is closer to achieving that objectivity but there is always going to be some level of subjectivity (like in figure skating) because judging style and performance just can’t be 100% objective. This is an interesting topic to me bc it is a discussion about the mainstream appeal of yoyo and I like that discussion. I do think that comp yoyo can be dry to watch period sometimes and I also think it would go over most of the uninitiated’s heads. That is okay with me though like I was watching figure skating and there was a ton of technical things going over my head and that was fine. For yoyo to be in the Olympics to me I think it would need practiced and tight play by play and color commenters and we only really have that in Japan. Shoutout Johnny and Tara for crushing it in the booth with figure skating to help explain the technical nuances. I don’t really think yoyo comps would be improved with WADA testing and don’t think that imposing that on competitors would be fair so I am not really an advocate for yoyo in the Olympics any more but idk…maybe my mind will change one day. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nightshadow/32/1574_2.png) [@nightshadow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nightshadow)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yos-and-olympics/441503/12 "2026-02-27T19:16:02Z")
I think that most people (even in the yo-yo community) that talk of yo-yos in the olympics do it jokingly. But I never understood those that seriously wanted that. I think that yo-yos in the olympics would be one of the worst things that could happen to the hobby. It would become the laughing stock of the entire event, and would never live that down. Let’s be real, what yo-yoers would get sent to the olympics? The names familiar to us, the top competitors. And many of those people very rarely do anything besides practice string maneuvers in a bedroom. There is a very predictable lack of time touching grass or in the weight room. And it shows. Not a lot of of olympic physiques to be found in the top levels of a skill toy hobby. Unless its mayyybe Gentry or Shu Takada, I want you to picture your favorite yo-yoer getting laughed at by the world and tell me it was a good idea for them to get on the olympic stage. And even those two would have a real rough go of it. * * * – (Yes I know curling exists. Yes it is laughed at. Yes the laughter at yo-yoing would be even harder.) ---
**Author:** ![yoyo\_cubicle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyo_cubicle/32/691750_2.png) [@yoyo\_cubicle](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyo_cubicle)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yos-and-olympics/441503/13 "2026-02-27T19:17:32Z")
A sleeper contest wouldn’t leave it up to the judges. I think that’s the best angle here. ---
**Author:** ![Exmime](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/exmime/32/40143_2.png) [@Exmime](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Exmime)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/yo-yos-and-olympics/441503/14 "2026-02-27T19:33:21Z")
Yoyo would need to come up with a different format. Ski Mo had to do this to make if fit for TV. Short and Spectator friendly [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/1/b/e1b1017b8aa65cc7f83b718956d4de1eb0e710c4.jpeg "What is ski mountaineering? Inside the new sport at the 2026 Winter Olympics") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fga__xLzcYA)