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(CNN)Breaking -- elite breakdancing -- will make its Olympics debut at Paris 2024, officials announced Monday.

It will be the first DanceSport event to appear at an Olympic Games, having been staged at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires two years ago.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board also announced that skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing -- three events that were due to debut at the postponed Tokyo Games -- will be featured in Paris, too.

"Today is a historic occasion, not only for b-boys and b-girls but for all dancers around the world," said Shawn Tay, president of the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF).

"The WDSF could not be prouder to have breaking included at Paris 2024, and we thank everyone who helped make it possible: the executive board of the IOC, the Paris 2024 organizers, the WDSF staff and, most importantly, the breaking community itself.

"It was a true team effort to get to this moment and we will redouble our efforts in the lead-up to the Olympic Games to make sure the breaking competition at Paris 2024 will be unforgettable."

Paris 2024 will see 16 b-boys and 16 b-girls -- the term used for competitive breakers, or breakdancers -- compete in one vs one battles, and it is hoped the sport's inclusion will attract a young audience to the Olympics.

At the 2018 Youth Olympics, there were three medals events that drew crowds of more than 30,000 people each day, according to the WDSF.

Measures that were introduced ahead of the Tokyo Olympics allow host cities to put forward new sports to be included in their Games.

Tokyo 2020 is scheduled to begin on July 23, 2021 with IOC president Thomas Bach saying last month he is "very, very confident" that spectators will be able to attend.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/07/sport/breakdancing-olympics-paris-2024-spt-intl/index.html

Even company evolves with time

nekejinsi:
Even company evolves with time

Can’t believe I made it second to comment on this useless thread

Even the guy before me wrote nonsense, just to make FTC

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Choi. Rest on Michael Jackson. Na you be the real person wey fit open the floor there that day.

A welcome development, I still Malta Guinness street dance back then

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When dem go add GBESE... Make I tell those guys for my church Wey sabi scatter church during Praise Session....
Oyinbo sabi catch cruise sha... No be their fault sha.. Necessities of life is not their PROBLEM

okay

Next would be afrobeat musicians coming to light up the events, and ignite the mood.

Nothing is impossible. Impossible is nothing.

Sharp

Whites always moving forward

Buhari the president of the Giant if African has taken us 100 times backwards to civilization

I thank you the Yellowba Muslambs and for helping Buhari win election

Now I hope you are happy

Break dancers be like:

Great

really?

oyinbo, always finding a way to make irrelevant things relevant, I would prefer àrín game to this breaking dance. maybe we can debut bàtá dance also.

Lol, nice one!








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MJ will be proud of this decision taken by the committee. Damn nigga, give them some bottles of star lager.

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Nice one
My favorite ...missed the legend ...Michael Jackson
Line dancing, step dancing and break dancing gives me orgasm anyday anytime twice on Tuesday
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Ok

Una get time

nekejinsi:
Even company evolves with time

But darling Bubu is stil living in 1985. Thinking that he would be ousted with a coup.

We move

There are like a million other reasonable sports begging to be included in the Olympics and these clowns have simply decided to include breakdancing

Couldn't they have included beach football?

Or they should have even brought back tug-of-war. At least, that would have been way better.

Rubbish.

That's cool.

Nigeria should do well in this area.

Well starting training now represent naija.. We have to win the first edition..