Breaking qualifiers for 2024 Paris Summer Olympics held in Montreal
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B-boys and B-girls from 30 different countries around the world are in Montreal this weekend to battle it out for a chance to compete in breakdancing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
B-boys and B-girls from 30 different countries across the world are in Montreal this weekend to battle it out for a chance to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Samuel Mass Cyr from Quebec is one of them.
“I started dancing 15 years ago when I was 12 years and now I’m competing around the world and I’m stoked, I’m happy!” Mass Cyr said.
Breaking, or breakdancing, will make its debut as an Olympic sport in Paris next August.
The Montreal qualifier event is the biggest Canada has ever hosted and the only one in North America.
Berenice Dupuis sees the event as an opportunity for more girls to step into the sport.
She’s been breaking for the past 20 years – breakdancing as well as breaking barriers.
“It was very difficult at the beginning even to participate in the battles because it was mostly crews of men,” said Dupuis, who is also known as B-Nice.
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