>>15068440Doing anything over and over again can be considered a grind, be it raising your Pokemon's levels by getting into battles, EV training, or even a WEIGHT TRAINING REGIMEN.
It takes no skill to lift things. You just need to get bigger muscles and gain more strength. So you lift things every day. Heavier and heavier things. Every day. Doing the same exercises. Over and over. All to gain strength, stamina and endurance.
And that's an olympic sport. You can't say that's not competitive. So how come Pokemon isn't?