In just some days, breaking will make its much-anticipated Olympic debut on the 2024 Paris Video games. 16 b-boys and 16 b-girls will compete battle-style to sold-out stadium crowds, the fruits of years of advocating, planning, and coaching.
Dancers and dance followers all over the world are desirous to cheer on the breakers. However when and the place can these of us not fortunate sufficient to be in Paris watch them go for the gold?
When It’s Occurring
The Olympic competitors contains two occasions: one for b-boys, one for b-girls.
The ladies will compete first, on August 9, with preliminary battles working from 10 am to 12 pm ET and the ultimate occurring later the identical day, 2 pm to 4 pm ET.
The boys will observe the identical schedule the following day, August 10, with qualifiers from 10 am to 12 pm ET and the ultimate from 2 pm to 4 pm ET.
The place It’s Occurring
Breaking occasions can be held proper within the coronary heart of Paris, on the Parc Urbain within the Place de la Concorde. The open-air stadium can be residence to the Olympic skateboarding, BMX freestyle, and three×3 basketball competitions.
The place to Watch
You may stream all of the breaking occasions dwell on Peacock. Breaking will even be featured in NBC’s primetime Olympic protection at 8 pm ET on August ninth and tenth.
Who to Watch
The 4 Group USA breakers are Sunny Choi, Logan “Logistix” Edra, Jeffrey “Jeffro” Louis, and Victor Montalvo. Learn our July/August cowl story to seek out out extra about their path to the Olympics.
What to Watch For
The dancers will begin by competing in one-on-one battles in a round-robin schedule. The highest eight will advance to a “knockout” stage, during which they’ll be seeded into brackets. Bracket winners will progress from quarterfinals to semifinals to finals, with the winner being awarded Olympic gold. Judges will rating dancers primarily based on 5 standards: execution, approach, originality, musicality, and vocabulary. Study extra in regards to the competitors construction and scoring right here.
