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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 ...
Breakdancing will be called breaking at the Olympics, as it was in the 1970s by hip-hop pioneers in the United States. It was proposed by Paris organizers almost two years ago after positive ...
Breakdancing was a term created by the media, Montalvo says. "A lot of breakers didn't like it, especially underground breakers, the ones that weren't commercialized," he says.
Breakdancing, aka “breaking,” had a highly watched debut at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, which prompted the Summer ’24 Olympic Games organizers to add it to the program.
Breakdancing made its official Olympics debut at the 2024 Paris Games. As of now though it isn’t on the schedule for L.A. 2028—details here.
Olympic Qualifier Series – The top seven B-Boys and B-Girls eligible for qualification after a four-month-long invitational series of events will obtain a quota place, respecting a two-breaker NOC limit. Host country – As the host country, France reserves one quota place each for the B-Boys and B-Girls events.
Breakdancing Olympics 2024 Team USA. Sunny Choi (or B-Girl Sunny) and Logan Edra (or B-Girl Logistx) will represent Team USA on the women's side. Choi won the 2023 Pan American Games, while Edra ...
Breakdancing began on the streets of New York in the 1970s. Now the artform and sport, known competitively as breaking, is in the Olympics — and its athletes are ready to show off their moves.