Of the July 26 to August 11, 2024 they argue the Olympic Games in Parisan event where throughout The 19 days of competition will feature a total of 32 different sports with a total of 11,000 athletes from around the world in search of Olympic glory. And among them all there will be only one new sport: breakdancing.
Late December 7, 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed breakdancing as an Olympic sport for the Paris 2024 Olympic Gamesa new Olympic discipline in which there will be 16 B-males and 16 B-females competing for the first time at the Games, and therefore, make history for this sport regardless of the outcome and whoever wins the medals.
When is breakdancing at Paris 2024?
The breakdance competition in Paris 2024 It will be held on August 9 and 10, 2024 at the Plaza de la Concordia with a format of one-on-one matches based on random music played by a DJ and the participants will not know before the appointment.
There will be initial phase of 4 groups with 4 dancers. The top two in each group will advance to the quarterfinals and there, the best scorers from the first groups will face the worst, and so on until all matches have been drawn. Then, the competitors compete in the semifinals and finals with two starts per bout.
All about breakdancing
In the discipline of breakdancing, a total of 5 judges will give points to the athletes based on the following criteria: creativity, personality, technique, diversity, performance and music. The judges’ evaluations will be made based on the four main components that make up breaking.
- He Top Rock or standing dance: performance of the dancer.
- He Made of foot: the dance of every athlete with feet and hands on the ground, something that requires a lot of technique, strength and skill.
- Power Moves: More difficult movements that require a lot of abdominal and arm strength as well as flexibility and massive technique.
- Freeze: postures in which the dancer remains frozen or still in a position that can also be combined with other parts of the dance.
If you want to know more details about the new sport of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, breakdancing, Mundo Deportivo experienced a training day with Johnny Fox, one of the most talented Spanish B-boys today. In it, Jonny Fox told this newspaper in an explanatory video more details about this sport, its movements, the training it requires and the lifestyle that comes with it.
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Other news for Paris 2024
In addition to the inclusion of breakdancing in the 2024 Olympic Games as a new Olympic sport, these 19 days of competition will There will be eight new events or modalities:
- The three of them, candle: kitesurfing, 470 and ocean racing.
- There will be two new features in the canoeing: women’s and men’s extreme slalom.
- New weight category in women’s boxing
- In shotmixed trap lost to Olympic shooting, a modality in which Spain won gold in Tokyo, so insert the Skeep mixture in its place.
- Finally, the 50 km march will give way to a mixed walking test with relays.
Source: La Verdad
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