A new sport made its debut at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
A new sport that made its debut at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has left fans in stitches.
With the Paris Olympic Games edging closer to an end, a new sport was launched on Friday.
Breaking, which is an ‘urban dance style that originated in the United States in the 1970s’ took place at La Concorde with 32 athletes taking part.
As per the Olympics website, breaking ‘featured at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires in 2018’ and after its success, was included in the 2024 Paris Olympic programme as a new sport.
On Friday, the women’s event took place with Japan’s Ami Yuasa taking gold, Lithuania’s Dominika Banevic winning the silver and Liu Qingyi taking the bronze medal.
Before that, the contest between Australia’s Rachael Gunn and France’s Sya Dembele went viral.
Gunn’s routine led to a wave of reaction from viewers on social media, one said: “My five-year-old niece after she says “‘atch this!’”
Another tweeted: “Even the other dancers waiting to go are like ‘hmmm… maybe this shouldn’t have been in the Olympics’.”
A third fan added: “I really hope people watching know this isn’t breaking. This is truly breaking bad.”
Someone else wrote: “This is an Olympic game and Karate isn’t.”
my five year old niece after she says “watch this!” : pic.twitter.com/KBAMSkgltj
— alex (@alex_abads) August 9, 2024
A fifth commented: “Why is no one tweeting about the good break dancers? There certainly where some better and did some pretty cool s**t, right?”
Another fan said: “She’s just there to bring some vibes, showcase herself, and maybe show us a different genre of breakdancing.”
One user joked: “When you realize Olympic breakdancing is just as awkward as it was at middle school dances.”
Gold medalist Yuasa said after the event: “I don’t want my life to change. I mean it in a good way, but I don’t want to change much myself.
“I’m happy breaking will get more attention as a result but it’s not all about the winners in this sport. It so happens that I won today when everyone showed what they were made of. Another day, another time, things could have turned out entirely differently.”
She added: “I couldn’t be happier if people learn about the beauty of breaking – and not only about the gold medal.”
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