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PARIS — A 25-year-old from Japan won the first Olympic gold medal in breaking Friday night at the 2024 Paris Games.. B-Girl Ami, whose legal name is Ami Yuasa, defeated B-Girl Nicka of Lithuania ...
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 ...
Phil Wizard beat Dany Dann to win gold in men's breaking at the 2024 Paris Olympics, while B-boy Victor grabbed bronze for Team USA.
In the wake of Raygun’s Olympic debut sparking an avalanche of memes, some might notice that breaking clips from the 2024 Paris Olympics might start being wiped off from the internet.. Raygun ...
The 37-year-old university lecturer did not register a single point across her Olympic battles against breakers from the United States, France and Lithuania in August, losing 18-0 in all three rounds.
Olympic officials were unconcerned with the potential threat posed by a far-right government. Michael Payne, former head of marketing at the IOC, told AFP the level of support politically and around France during the ongoing torch relay suggested "the Olympics themselves are not going to be caught in any political crossfire." [48] [49]
Unfortunately, for those hoping that breakdancing would become a mainstay of the Olympics, the discipline is not scheduled to be on the program for the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles. “Stay ...
The results of Donike's unofficial tests later convinced the IOC to add his new technique to their testing protocols. [58] The first documented case of "blood doping" occurred at the 1980 Summer Olympics as a runner was transfused with two units of blood (i.e. two pints or about 950 ml) before winning medals in the 5,000 m and 10,000 m. [59]