{"id":3623,"date":"2024-08-10T22:44:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T22:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3623"},"modified":"2024-08-10T22:44:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T22:44:01","slug":"viewers-left-in-stitches-at-new-sport-that-launched-at-the-olympics-theyre-all-making-the-same-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3623","title":{"rendered":"Viewers left in stitches at new sport that launched at the Olympics, they\u2019re all making the same point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary_summary__q_VAA\"><strong>A new sport made its debut at the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><strong>A new sport that made its debut at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has left fans in stitches.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">With the Paris\u00a0Olympic\u00a0Games edging closer to an end, a new sport was launched on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Breaking, which is an \u2018urban dance style that originated in the United States in the 1970s\u2019 took place at La Concorde with 32 athletes taking part.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">As per the Olympics website, breaking \u2018featured at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires in 2018\u2019 and after its success, was included in the 2024 Paris Olympic programme as a new sport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">On Friday, the women\u2019s event took place with Japan\u2019s Ami Yuasa taking gold, Lithuania\u2019s Dominika Banevic winning the silver and Liu Qingyi taking the bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Before that, the contest between Australia\u2019s Rachael Gunn and France\u2019s Sya Dembele went viral.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Gunn\u2019s routine led to a wave of reaction from viewers on social media, one said: \u201cMy five-year-old niece after she says \u201c\u2018atch this!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Another tweeted: \u201cEven the other dancers waiting to go are like \u2018hmmm\u2026 maybe this shouldn\u2019t have been in the Olympics\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">A third fan added: \u201cI really hope people watching know this isn\u2019t breaking. This is truly breaking bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Someone else wrote: \u201cThis is an Olympic game and Karate isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">my five year old niece after she says \u201cwatch this!\u201d : <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KBAMSkgltj\">pic.twitter.com\/KBAMSkgltj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 alex (@alex_abads) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alex_abads\/status\/1821945716064821450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">A fifth commented: \u201cWhy is no one tweeting about the good break dancers? There certainly where some better and did some pretty cool s**t, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Another fan said: \u201cShe\u2019s just there to bring some vibes, showcase herself, and maybe show us a different genre of breakdancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">One user joked: \u201cWhen you realize Olympic breakdancing is just as awkward as it was at middle school dances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Gold medalist Yuasa said after the event: \u201cI don\u2019t want my life to change. I mean it in a good way, but I don\u2019t want to change much myself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cI\u2019m happy breaking will get more attention as a result but it\u2019s not all about the winners in this sport. It so happens that I won today when everyone showed what they were made of. Another day, another time, things could have turned out entirely differently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She added: \u201cI couldn\u2019t be happier if people learn about the beauty of breaking \u2013 and not only about the gold medal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new sport made its debut at the 2024 Paris Olympics. A new sport that made its debut at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games has left fans in stitches. 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