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- canada@lemmy.ca
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- canada@lemmy.ca
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.
It’s dancing. It’s in the name. It’s not a sport, it’s a dance. I’m expecting next Olympics to have line dancing, maybe Tex Mex and a twerking event, since I guess a dance is a sport now.
I think dance is a valid sport. Synchronized swimming is water line dancing and figure skating can be classified as dancing on ice. All in all if you think it does not require the kind of dedication that other sports take, you are plain wrong.
Ice dancing has been an event in the winter Olympics since 1976. Not just figure skating, it’s literally called ice dancing.
The only reason I wouldn’t be in favor of an Olympic chili cookoff is that the audience wouldn’t be able to taste the chili.
Figure skating is a dance. Hell, gymnastics is basically a dance as well.
Gymnasts and skaters aren’t t rex posing
It is a sport by definition. “An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.”
So fucking is a sport?
Weightlifting
It’s exercise. It’s in the name. It’s not a sport, it’s exercise. I’m expecting the next Olympics to have running, maybe swimming and a jumping event, since exercise is a sport now.
I really don’t know how to reply to 11 year olds
I do
Well it won’t be coming back to the Olympics so I guess you can take comfort in that.