WA teenager starts petition for shearing to be in Brisbane 2032 Olympics

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Hundreds of people from the town of Katanning in Western Australia are backing the campaign, started by a budding shearer keen to see the sport of sheep shearing celebrated at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.

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00:00The saying goes Australia was built on the sheep's back, but could they play a central

00:07role in the Brisbane Olympics in 2032?

00:10I've always loved shearing and I thought, I saw some of the sports at the Olympics a

00:16year ago and I thought, you know, we can do better than this.

00:19This 16 year old is so passionate about shearing, she wants a given Olympic recognition.

00:25And I think shearing is just a really hard sport as well and it's not recognised enough

00:29as well.

00:30Kaylee Sander grew up in the WA town of Catanning.

00:33We have the largest sheep yards in the southern hemisphere and lots of Kaylee's friends, their

00:39parents work in the sheep industry, her grandparents produced meat lambs for Whamco.

00:46A petition backing shearing as an Olympic sport has attracted more than 500 signatures so

00:51far.

00:52It's probably not a bad idea, at least we could try.

00:55If they can put stuff like breakdancing in the Olympics, there's a lot of work and effort

01:03goes into shearing and there's nationals and world championship shearing at the moment.

01:10Experts say it's unlikely to become a medal sport, but could still have a role in the 2032

01:14games.

01:15Maybe they could set up a sheep's shearing stage there and showcase it at something

01:21in the cultural program.

01:22A decision on what sports are included in the Brisbane Olympics is expected next year.

01:27In the meantime, Kaylee Sander is focusing on developing her own shearing skills.

01:31I haven't shown a whole sheep yet, but I'll learn how to do that next year, hopefully.

01:35there's a lot, and I'll learn how to do that next year.

01:37In total, I'm not sure how to do that last year.

01:38Because you're in a large group, I'm not sure how to do that.

01:39I work with the500 people in thequent.

01:40I've seen people in Seven years old, in the middle, Fimulist and thende B-Joyle, and the

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