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The Surprise of the Olympics: Breakers’ Delight

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By the time the B-girl finals wrapped up on Friday, the newly introduced Olympic event of breaking had passed a test. It was not awful. It was not just a litany of power moves. It was funny. It was sweet. Musicality mattered. By the end, I was completely invested.

In the B-girl competition, Ami (Ami Yuasa from Japan) slipped past Nicka (Dominika Banevic from Lithuania) in the gold medal battle. The B-boy competition was on Saturday, with the gold going to B-boy Phil Wizard (Phillip Kim of Canada).

A dancer in white with a red cap has his legs out and arms in air. Audience members wave Canadian flags.
B-boy Phil Wizard, the gold medal winner.