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The hoops are a danger to the mammals because they can get stuck around their necks, with often fatal results.

The closest it has come to the Games was when Fotheringham memorably performed in the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympics, when he rode down a giant ramp and backflipped through a flaming hoop.

Rasheed Smith, a Venice basketball player who played in the Legends game Sunday, has been hooping on the boardwalk for 48 years.

"I am a blue badge holder and I have to pay because I am not computer literate," he says, arguing that "you have to jump through hoops to get this discount".

The deeper one analyzes it, the more sinister its class dynamics feel, even if it’s an excuse to showcase, say, street dancing and hula hoop acrobatics.