Get ready to bust a move in the 2024 Paris Olympics!
Called breaking in Olympic circles, its medal debut was last October at the Buenos Aires Youth Summer Games. The street dance competitions will have 16 athletes in each of the men’s and women’s medal events in Paris.
Paris wants to add four sports to its program, though the other three (skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing) will make Summer Games debuts in Tokyo next year.
The search for a Paris venue will start now that International Olympic Committee members have added their approval and there’s a good chance you’ll see breaking apart of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
All four sports must still prove themselves to Olympic observers and could yet be removed from the Paris program ahead of final approval by the IOC board. Although it is too late to add a replacement should any fall short.