Depends if angmoh like it or not. Normally, they tend to pursue sports which they are familiar with like tennis is popular there so pickleball gaining popularity was only a matter of time. Just see how pickleball rose to stardom so quickly and you have people playing it here in Msia too

Ayam won't be surprised if pickleball gets into the Olympics before sepak takraw

Our gomen will only fund and develop talent in sports where we've had past track record of being successful. Only after you berjaya, will the money start flowing in to develop and improve talent.

That's just sad but nothing much we can do about it.

Rock climbing was a very niche sport that only your adrenaline junkies would go after. I think its popularity skyrocketed after Alex Honnold's Free Solo documentary and this translated to the rise of popularity in bouldering. Now, you'll have so many bouldering gyms around.

It's inclusion in the previous Olympics only further propelled it into the mainstream