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Breaking was introduced at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris as an optional (temporary) sport. Despite the United States being the birthplace of breakdancing, the sport is not set to be included at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles; on its omittance in the latter, the IOC's sports director Kit McConnell stated that "It's up to each local organizing committee to determine which ...
Cosmopolitan was on the scene at breakdancing’s *first-ever* Olympic qualifier competition this summer to get the lowdown on the category from some of its top names and judges. Read on for a ...
The ranking puzzled many people, some of whom took to social media to point out that the 37-year-old B-girl, who performs as Raygun, did not receive a single point from the Olympic judges.
T he sport of breaking—competitive breakdancing—will make its Olympic debut in Paris. Yes, breaking has come a long way from an early-‘80s pop-culture fad that seemed to go the way of the ...
Marina was born on 21 March 1992 in Leiria, Portugal. [1] She began breaking in 2012, after being introduced to the sport by a friend. [2] Two years later, she moved from Lisbon to London to pursue breaking as a career and would help "evolve the UK B-girl scene."
Victor Bernudez Montalvo (born May 1, 1994), [1] also known mononymously as Victor, [1] is an American b-boy.He was born in Kissimmee, Florida to parents from Puebla, Mexico. [2]
Canadian B-boy Phil Wizard, whose real name is Philip Kim, beat hometown favorite Dany Dann of France in the final at La Concorde to win the first Olympic gold medal in men's breaking history.
[2] [4] In 2023, he won the gold for the men's breakdancing event in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, and a day later, was chosen to be Japan's flag bearer in the closing ceremony of the games. [5] On July 1, 2024, the Japanese Olympic Committee designated him and the female fencer Misaki Emura as the flag bearers to the París 2024 Olympic ...