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Breaking at the Summer Olympics

Breaking at the Summer Olympics

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The 2024 Summer Olympics will introduce the sport of breaking (also called b-boying, b-girling or breakdancing) to the Summer Olympic program for the first time.[1] There will be two medal events, one each for men and women, with 16 "b-boys" and "b-girls" competing.[2] Breaking previously featured at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.[3] IOC President Thomas Bach stated that they added breakdancing as part of an effort to draw more interest from young people in the Olympics.[4] The international organizing body is the World DanceSport Federation.

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    West, Jenna. "Breaking to Make Its Olympic Debut at 2024 Paris Games". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
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    "Breaking at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games". Paris 2024. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
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    Zaccardi, Nick (2018-10-08). "Youth Olympics award first medals in break dancing". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
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    "'Breaking' news: Breakdancing added as an event for 2024 Paris Olympics". Los Angeles Times. 2020-12-07. Archived from the original on 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
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