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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 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 ]
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 ...
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 ...
Judge Martin Gilian, whose stage name is MGbility, explained the rating system used in the breakdancing competition and Raygun’s score—details here. An Olympic Breakdancing Judge Just Broke ...
Grace Sun "Sunny" Choi was born in November 10, 1988 [1] in Cookeville, Tennessee, as the third of four children.Her parents, Jung-In and Kyung-Ju Choi, migrated from Daegu, South Korea for doctoral-level study at the University of Tennessee, with Jung-In going on to teach statistics at Tennessee Tech at the time of Sunny's birth.
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 ...
Breakdancing Carlota Dudek (born 5 November 2002) [ 1 ] is a French breakdancer who competes under the nickname Señorita Carlota . She represented France at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, the first time the sport of breaking has been included in the Olympics.