Canadian b-boy Phil Wizard (Philip Kim) took gold in the first Olympic men’s breaking tournament Saturday.
“I never thought I’d be here in my life,” the 27-year-old said, wiping away tears. He spent the last few sleepless nights “tossing and turning” because he was “stressed out of my mind.”
“I cried yesterday because I was so scared to do this, and, I’m just happy. I’m just happy,” he said.
Hometown favorite French b-boy Dany Dann (Danis Civil) won silver, and American b-boy Victor (Victor Montalvo) took the bronze after taking out Japanese b-boy Shigekix (Shigeyuki Nakarai). These Olympic medals may be the last for breaking, at least for some time — the dance form is not in the lineup of sports for the Los Angeles 2028 Games.
Which also shouldn’t be sports. Yes they’re hard to do. But if the scoring is mostly based on style it’s not a sport. That’s a hobby that got out of hand and over competitive.
This lemmy will look you dead in the eye and say that skateboarding and surfing aren’t sports because they also use judge based scores.
sport: an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
Physical exertion ✅
Skill ✅
Competition ✅
Entertainment ✅
You’re free to dislike judged sports, but they’re still sports.
If it takes a panel of judges to determine style points it shouldn’t be in the Olympics.