Breaking at the Summer Olympics | |
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Governing body | WDF |
Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
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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.