Canadian b-boy Phil Wizard (Philip Kim) took gold in the first Olympic men’s breaking tournament Saturday.

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.

  • @LittleTarsier@lemmy.ca
    8•5 months ago

    For anyone who is interested in watching the replay and wasn’t aware, you can watch replays of all the events on CBC Gem!

    • @Grimpen@lemmy.ca
      3•5 months ago

      I watched the final, it was impressive, but I have no technical knowledge about what was happening.

      I remember in the 3rd round, Dany Dan made a mistake, the announcers commented on it, and I had no idea what the mistake was.

        • @tempest@lemmy.ca
          3•5 months ago

          The CBC really needs to work on its technical commentary.

          I feel like it was much stronger in the early 2000s and 2010s but I also suspect that was because they broadcast fewer events. Now with streaming they need more commentators and the field isn’t that deep in a lot of the summer sports.

  • @Dempf@lemmy.zip
    7•5 months ago

    I watched the B-Boys and B-Girls finals last night out of curiosity, and it was actually pretty cool and fun to watch. Still not sure how it’s scored though, seems like they get a lot of points from judges for originality and not repeating moves.

    • @LittleTarsier@lemmy.ca
      4•5 months ago

      It was so entertaining!! But the judging did feel biased at some points. I think they had their preferred Breakers which was evident when their preferred Breaker was clearly outshined but somehow still won the round.