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.
I still can’t believe this became an Olympic thing. What’s next? Line dancing?
I watched some of it and it was awesome, but I don’t think it should be an event until they have more formalized rules. It seemed like the judges just based it off vibes.
Breaking has been judged since the 70s. Give this a read:
https://olympics.com/en/news/breaking-breakdancing-rules-format-moves
Your pedantry is unbecoming of a 21st century person, especially considering the event is “The Olympic Games” not “The Olympic Sports”.
What’s next? Horse dancing?
Probably not the best example to use rn, what with one of the major riders, Charlotte Dujardin, being banned from the sport completely due to a horse whipping caught on camera.
Dressage was already in the “maybe” pile for future Olympics because of the animal cruelty that occurs.
https://inews.co.uk/sport/olympics/dujardin-brutal-world-dressage-olympics-3187519
That’s already an Olympic sport.
Not in 2024, it’ll be there in 2028 though! (OP asked what’s next 😂)