The Canadian beat France’s Dany Dann in front of a partisan crowd to take the first-ever guys’s gold medal in breaking.
Published On 10 Aug 2024
Canada’s B-Boy Phil Wizard won the inaugural Olympic guys’s breaking gold in Paris and stated he hoped it “opens doors to individuals” included in the high-energy dance sport.
Phil Wizard, whose genuine name is Philip Kim, beat France’s B-Boy Dany Dann in Saturday’s last inthemiddleof the extravagant magnificence of the Place de la Concorde, with B-Boy Victor of USA taking bronze.
Breaking, muchbetter understood as breakdancing, is making its veryfirst and perhaps last look at the Olympics, havingactually been left off the program for Los Angeles 2028.
Phil Wizard stated that breaking was “an underappreciated sport” and hoped its Olympic launching would modification individuals’s minds.
“I hope that today was a ideal example of revealing the world how extraordinary breaking is – that was really my just objective here,” stated the 27-year-old, a previous world champ.
“I’m so grateful and so pleased to come out with the win however more than anything, I simply desired to program the world what breaking is.”
The competitors saw 16 dancers, understood as B-Boys, going head-to-head in a series of fights, beginning with a swimmingpool phase before moving to a knock-out round.
Phil Wizard had the crowd versus him in the last versus regional hero Dany Dann, a 36-year-old with blue hair whose genuine name is Danis Civil.
But the Canadian quickly had them consuming out of his hand thanks to his unbelievable regular, for which the judges granted him a 3-0 triumph.
“I was worried out of my mind,” stated Phil Wizard.
“It’s been a whirlwind of feeling. I sobbed my eyes out since I was so scared to do this.
“There’s been a lot of pressure, a lot of expectations – I’m delighted I was able to provide.”
