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

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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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Olympic breakdancing is awesome. Zeus would definitely approve.

Was awesome. It’s not going to return. This guy will go down as undefeated which is a silver lining I suppose.

This is so sad. Give it a bit of time to live at least, guys!

Edit: According to CBC it's not necessarily dead. It won't be in LA but in light of the popularity Brisbane 2032 could see it.

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