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‘So much hate': Rachael Gunn responds to online attacks, Aussie Olympic Committee demands for petition removal
Rachael Gunn and the Australian Olympic Committee responded to an anonymous online petition, attacking the breaking competitor for her controversial 2024 Olympics performance.
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New, better Raygun moves? Video surfaces of Olympic breaker and social media is divided
New footage surfaced this week featuring Australian b-girl Raygun dancing in the Olympic village with some of her fellow athletes — and it has some questioning.
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Breaking community defends b-girl Raygun, offers mental health support after online criticism
The sport made its Olympic debut in Paris — it might never be back — and one of the lasting images was the performance of an Australian b-girl known as Raygun who did a “kangaroo dance” and scored zero points.
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Japan takes first and only women's breaking gold medal
Japan’s Ami Yuasa won the first ever breaking gold medal in the women’s category at the Paris Olympics.
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Japan's Ami wins first ever gold in breaking
Ami Yuasi has the moves. Yuasi, competing simply under the name Ami (or B-Girl Ami, in the breaking parlance), used an impressive array of dance moves to best Lithuania’s Nicka in the first-ever breaking gold medal battle. The battle featured two breaking superstars. A year ago, Nicka became the youngest ever breaking world champion, at 16. The year before, Ami…
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USA's Logan Edra wishes breaking would be back at LA28: ‘We don't need more sports that are so expensive'
Team USA’s Logan “Logistx” Edra reflected on her participation at the Paris Olympics and praised the incorporation of Olympic breaking in the games.
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5 things to know about Raygun, Australia's breaking sensation
Team Australia’s Rachael Gunn isn’t just one of the world’s top breakers. She’s also a breakout star of the 2024 Paris Games after her Olympic debut.
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Team USA's Sunni Choi on not qualifying for breaking quarterfinals: ‘You can't control the judges'
Team USA’s Sunni Choi expressed her gratitude after representing the U.S. in the first-ever breaking event at the Paris Olympics, but showed her disappointment towards the judges.
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Breaking will make its Olympic debut with a local female dancer this Friday
We are just days away from a new sport taking center stage at the Paris Olympics. It’s called breaking and it is the first-ever dance sport to be represented at the Olympic level with a woman from our region set to compete. NBC10’s Siobhan McGirl has more on what to watch out for.
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‘So much gratitude and pride': Sunny Choi ready for breaking debut at Paris Olympics
Sunny Choi is ready to break herself at the 2024 Paris Olympics and represent her greater breaking community.
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Team USA breakers focus on ‘living in the moment' ahead of first ever Olympic breaking event
Team USA breakers Victor Montavlo, Sunny Choi and Jeffrey Louis spoke Wednesday on tuning out the noise and celebrating breaking culture ahead of the sport’s first-ever Olympics event. “Everyone has different stories and we all get to share in something that transcends language even,” Choi told reporters. “And so it’s something that I’m so grateful to be a part...
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Olympic breaking is giving the hip-hop community a global stage, but not everyone is celebrating
Breaking is debuting as a sporting event in the 2024 Paris Games as part of an effort to attract younger viewers. But outside the Olympic arena, some in Paris’ local breaking scene feel skeptical of the subculture being co-opted by officials, commercialized and put through a rigid judging structure, when the spirit of breaking has been rooted in local communities,...
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Matt Tries That: Hoping not to break anything while trying Olympic breaking
NBC10’s Matt DeLucia heads into the studio in Center City Philadelphia to get a lesson on break dancing as breaking becomes an Olympic sport for the first time at the Paris Games. How does Matt do “breaking through the pain?”
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Meet Team USA's breaking star Sunny Choi, and the coach who helped her achieve her Olympic dreams
Growing up, Sunny Choi always dreamed of going to the Olympics for gymnastics. This year, Choi is heading to the Paris Games as one of Team USA’s first-ever breakers with the help of her performance coach, Carl Paoli.
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How breaking will be scored and judged at the 2024 Olympics
How is breaking scored? Here’s a breakdown of the rules for the sport debuting at the 2024 Paris Olympics.