Canadian b-boy Phil Wizard takes gold in Olympic breaking final

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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.

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I still can't believe this became an Olympic thing. What's next? Line dancing?

What's wrong with this being an Olympic event? It's incredibly athletic.

It's a dance. It's in the name. It's not a sport. It's a dance

Your pedantry is unbecoming of a 21st century person, especially considering the event is "The Olympic Games" not "The Olympic Sports".

What about figure skating or gymnastics? They are just "performing a set of dance moves in a sequence".

It all takes talent and skill. Worthy of being in the Olympic Games.

End of the day, Olympics is meant to be entertaining and Breaking sure as heck is entertaining.

It’s actually called “breaking” the dance isn’t in there officially

You might wish to revise your dictionary.

sport
/spôrt/
noun
noun: sport; plural noun: sports

an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

Sounds like a sport to me.

What's next? Horse dancing?

Oh you mean another even that's dumb as hell and shouldn't be in? Past bad decisions for events shouldn't justify continuing to add others.

Did you bother watching? This is essentially floor gymnastics to a beat. Does line dancing require this much physical skill and coordination? And to be clear, Ice Dancing came before this.

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