How breaking will change the Summer Olympics in Paris

The popular hip-hop dance style will be making its debut as an Olympic sport next month

Image | Phil-Kim

Caption: Breaking athlete Phil Kim wears a creation at the reveal of Team Canada uniforms in Toronto. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

Breaking, the urban dance style originating from the U.S., is an Olympic sport for the first time this year — and Canada could bring home its first-ever gold.
Today on Commotion, CBC's official breaking commentators Mark Strong aka "Strizzzy" and Toronto B-Boy and hip-hop artist Adrian Bernard, aka "Switch B" join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to talk about what it means for breaking to be making its Olympic debut at the 2024 Paris Games.
WATCH | Today's episode on YouTube (this segment begins at 14:30):

Embed | YouTube

Open Full Embed in New Tab (external link)Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.
You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen(external link) or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts(external link).

Panel produced by Jean Kim.

Embed | Other