Olympic Breaking

Rachael Gunn, better known as Raygun, said backlash to her performances at the Paris Olympics has made it “really difficult” for her to continue her breaking career.

Australian breaker Rachael “Raygun” Gunn announced she will no longer competitively breakdance after the negative response from the Paris Games.

Raygun, the Australian breaker who went viral at the Paris Olympics, is challenging breakdancers to show off their moves.

Rachael Gunn and the Australian Olympic Committee responded to an anonymous online petition, attacking the breaking competitor for her controversial 2024 Olympics performance.

New footage surfaced this week featuring Australian b-girl Raygun dancing in the Olympic village with some of her fellow athletes — and it has some questioning.

The sport made its Olympic debut in Paris — it might never be back — and one of the lasting images was the performance of an Australian b-girl known as Raygun who did a “kangaroo dance” and scored zero points.

Japan’s Ami Yuasa won the first ever breaking gold medal in the women’s category at the Paris Olympics.

Yuasi, competing simply under the name Ami (or B-Girl Ami, in the breaking parlance), used an impressive array of dance moves to best Lithuania’s Nicka in the first-ever breaking gold medal battle.

Team USA’s Logan “Logistx” Edra reflected on her participation at the Paris Olympics and praised the incorporation of Olympic breaking in the games.

Team Australia’s Rachael Gunn isn’t just one of the world’s top breakers. She’s also a breakout star of the 2024 Paris Games after her Olympic debut.

Team USA’s Sunni Choi expressed her gratitude after representing the U.S. in the first-ever breaking event at the Paris Olympics, but showed her disappointment towards the judges.

Team USA breakers Victor Montavlo, Sunny Choi and Jeffrey Louis spoke Wednesday on tuning out the noise and celebrating breaking culture ahead of the sport’s first-ever Olympics event. “Everyone has different stories and we all get to share in something that transcends language even,” Choi told reporters. “And so it’s something that I’m so grateful to be a part...

Breaking is debuting as a sporting event in the 2024 Paris Games as part of an effort to attract younger viewers. But outside the Olympic arena, some in Paris’ local breaking scene feel skeptical of the subculture being co-opted by officials, commercialized and put through a rigid judging structure, when the spirit of breaking has been rooted in local communities,...

Breakdancing, or breaking, is the newest Olympic sport.

Growing up, Sunny Choi always dreamed of going to the Olympics for gymnastics. This year, Choi is heading to the Paris Games as one of Team USA’s first-ever breakers with the help of her performance coach, Carl Paoli.

How is breaking scored? Here’s a breakdown of the rules for the sport debuting at the 2024 Paris Olympics.