Breaking (not breakdancing!) just made its debut at the 2024 Paris #Olympics. 🥇 However you feel about breaking as a sport—or about the *interesting* viral videos that have been making the rounds—here’s what it was really like to attend the big event in person.
Would you bring breaking back for the LA 2028 Games?
🎥: Chris Dong (@thechrisflyer)
Would you bring breaking back for the LA 2028 Games?
🎥: Chris Dong (@thechrisflyer)
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00:00So what was it really like watching this event's debut at the Olympics?
00:03I'm Chris, a travel reporter, and I attended the first ever Olympics event for breaking.
00:08You probably know it as breakdancing. While certain performances may have raised the Internet's collective eyebrow,
00:14I can say that seeing it alive in the heart of Paris was pretty special.
00:20Those are the MCs who hyped everyone up. Born on the streets of the Bronx more than 50 years ago,
00:24the first competitive circuit for breaking was actually centered in Europe.
00:28Dancers have thousands of moves to choose from, and the round-robin style challenges are decided on by nine judges.
00:34There's even two live DJs dishing out tracks in the back.
00:37So is breaking an art form or a sport? It's debated all you want,
00:40but for fans hoping to catch the event in four years, bad news.
00:43It hasn't been included in the initial programming for the 2028 LA Games.