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Breaking, more commonly known as breakdancing, made its debut as an Olympic sport this week at the 2024 Paris Games, with 17 B-girls and 16 B-boys making their way to France with the hopes of ...
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 ...
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, breaking (also known as breakdancing) made its debut as an Olympic sport—and Rachael Gunn of Team Australia quickly inspired a flurry of memes and jokes after a video ...
The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris saw the debut of breaking as an Olympic sport. 16 male and 16 female breakers – according to Olympic terminology – competed in head-to-head matches. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] IOC President Thomas Bach said that breaking was added to draw more interest from young people in the Olympics. [ 84 ]
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 ...
Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics; IOC code: AUS: NOC: Australian Olympic Committee: Website: www.olympics.com.au: in Paris, France 26 July 2024 () – 11 August 2024 () Competitors: 459 (203 men and 256 women) in 33 sports: Flag bearer (opening) Eddie Ockenden & Jessica Fox: Flag bearer (closing) Matthew Wearn & Kaylee McKeown: Officials
B-Girl Raygun of Team Australia competes during the B-Girls Round Robin - Group B on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place de la Concorde on August 09, 2024 in Paris, France.
Break dancing, professionally known as breaking, is rooted in 1970s street culture. Its debut at the 2024 Paris Games marked the first time any form of dancesport had been an Olympic event, though ...