Breaking – All to know about the only new sport at Paris Olympics 2024

From street dance to Olympic sport, breaking will make its debut at the summer Games in Paris. The dance that sprung up on the streets of Bronx in the 1970s thanks to New York’s African American community is making its way to the Paris Olympics 2024. Breaking, also known as breakdancing by those outside the breaking community, is the only new sport to debut at the Summer Games in France. Here is all to know about the sport. What is breaking? Breaking is an urban, improvisational dance technique, typically performed to hip-hop music with drum breaks. It comprises four kinds of movements: top-rock, down-rock, power moves and freezes. The roots of breaking lie in the emergence of hip-hop culture in the United States. The 1990s saw the first international breaking competitions. Currently, the Red Bull BC One, which first started in 2004, is the sport’s most prestigious annual breaking championship. World DanceSport Federation has been the sport’s official governing body since 2018. Breaking was introduced in the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2018. Korea’s Hongten in action during the B-Boys battle for third place against Japan’s Issin at the Olympic qualifiers in Budapest, Hungary, June 23,...