What it was like to see breakdancing at the Olympics 🥇

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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)

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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

00:07for breaking. You'd probably know it as breakdancing.

00:10While certain performances may have raised the internet's collective eyebrow,

00:15I 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,

00:30and 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?

00:39Debate it all you want, but for fans hoping to catch the event in four years is bad news.

00:43It hasn't been included in the initial programming for the 2028 LA Games.

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