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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 ...
The B-Boys breaking competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 10 August 2024. [1] [2]Philip Kim (Phil Wizard) of Canada won the gold medal, with Danis Civil (Dany Dann) of France taking silver, and Victor Montalvo (Victor) of the United States taking bronze.
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
Team USA triumphed during breaking's first year as an Olympic sport, as Amercian b-body Victor took home the bronze medal.. On Saturday, Aug. 10, Victor (whose full name is Victor Montalvo) won ...
In 2024, the wide, wide world of sports saw repeat champions, first-time titlists, a grand Paris summer and some epic fails. The winners and losers:
"The breaking competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games comprises two events where 16 B-Boys and 16 B-Girls will face off in spectacular solo battles," read Olympics.com's writeup of the ...
Albania, [11] Cape Verde, [12] Dominica, [13] and Saint Lucia won their nations' first Olympic medals. [13] The Refugee Olympic Team also won their first medal. [14] The United States led the final medal table for the fourth consecutive Summer Games, with 40 gold and 126 total medals, while China finished second with 40 gold and 91 medals in ...
After weeks of historic wins, emotional celebrations, and celebrity cameos, the 2024 Summer Olympics have finally come to an end. But just as athletes were welcomed to Paris with a standout ...