Breakdancing just became an official Olympic sport
The International Olympic Committee’s pursuit of urban events to lure a younger audience saw street dance battles officially added to the medal events program at the 2024 Paris Games.
“Breaking”, the official event name, made its debut during the Youth Games in Buenos Aires 2018.
Historic First Winners:
Bboying Gold Medal – Bumblebee (RUSSIA) Silver Medal – Martin (FRANCE) Bronze Medal – Shigekix (JAPAN)
Bgirling: Gold Medal – Ram (JAPAN) Silver Medal – Emma (CANADA) Bronze Medal – Yell Kim (KOREA)
Also confirmed for Paris by the IOC executive board were skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing.
Those three sports will make their Olympic debuts at the Tokyo Games which were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic by one year to open on July 23, 2021.
And in other OLYMPIC NEWS……
The Paris 2024 games will be fully gender equal, organizers announced Monday, with 50% female and male participation, as compared with 48.8% female participation in the Tokyo games. The Paris Olympics will also have 28 gender-equal sports, out of 32 total, and 22 mixed events, as compared with 18 in Tokyo.
Susan Saunders 12/8/20
