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Paris 2024 will give an Olympic Games debut to the sport of breaking – a style of street dance that originated in 1970s New York City. Attracting new and younger audiences is a high priority for ...
- Olympics breaking: B-girls make exciting debut at Paris 2024
Sonia Oxley. BBC Sport in Paris. 9 August 2024. Breaking...
- Olympics breaking: B-girls make exciting debut at Paris 2024
The breaking competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games comprises two events—one for men and one for women—where 16 B-Boys and 16 B-Girls will face off in spectacular solo battles. Athletes will use a combination of power moves—including windmills, the 6-step, and freezes—as they adapt their style and improvise to the beat of the DJ ...
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 ...
Apr 24, 2024 · “Breaking” is the only new sport making its debut at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Breaking is probably better known to most of us as breakdancing.So why is the sport officially called breaking ...
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Aug 8, 2024 · The Paris Summer Olympic Games are coming to an end this weekend, but there are still plenty of disciplines to go, including a new sport at the Games this year: breaking. Commonly referred to as ...
May 10, 2023 · The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) was the first Olympic event to showcase breaking, welcoming 12 B-Boys and 12 B-Girls to Buenos Aires 2018. At Paris 2024, the breaking competition will take place at La Concorde on 9 and 10 August 2024. The event will feature 16 B-Boys and 16 B-Girls who will face off in 1v1 battles to music that is randomly played ...
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Aug 9, 2024 · Sonia Oxley. BBC Sport in Paris. 9 August 2024. Breaking made its hotly anticipated Olympic debut as head-spinning, DJs and a whole new vocabulary took centre stage in Paris. From its top rock to ...
