Why it’s called “breaking” and not “breakdancing,” how it will be scored, and more.
Canada’s Philip Kim, known as b-boy Phil Wizard, practices during a breaking training session for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Pablo Neruda sport centre in Saint-Ouen on Tuesday.We’re now more than halfway through the 2024 Summer Olympics , and while the staple sports such as swimming and gymnastics have been completed, Paris still has a lot left in store. Anticipation is particularly high when it comes to breaking, the Games’ newest sport.
With the introduction of any Olympic sport, a lot of questions arise: How did this event arrive at the Olympics, and why does it feel at least four decades too late? How can you standardize something that’s judged differently at various tournaments around the world? And why isn’t this sport, which has drawn enough hype that evenit, returning for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics? Here’s everything you need to know about breaking at the Olympics.
But enough with the cold calculations. The important thing to note is that breaking is about a combination of style and technicality. According to, “the moves must be adapted to their personal styles and improvised to music in order to secure each judge’s vote.” This is why the improvisational element is key: You’re literallyto your opponent—if they have an airflare, but you have a more intricate variation, you’re likely going to throw it out.
Still, as is to be expected, there are mildly annoying classists who argue that breaking is not a sport . But they’re not the only ones with reservations: Even some original breakers have expressed worries over cheapening and turning their art into a codified sport. Naturally, there was always going to be a question of how this form of expression—which is judged or regarded differently from tournament to tournament—can maintain its authenticity when parsed into standardized judgeable components.
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