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Olympics: Paris Games offers unprecedented platform for breaking, says World Dancesport president

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The 2024 Paris Olympic Games will feature 16 male and 16 female breakers but the qualification process is still being determined.

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SINGAPORE - Encouraged by breakdancing's inclusion in back-to-back Youth Olympic Games (YOG) at Buenos Aires 2018 and Dakar 2026 - postponed from 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic - World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) president Shawn Tay hopes to see the sport become a fixture in the senior Olympics programme.
The priority however is to ensure breaking's debut at the Paris 2024 Games is a success, he told The Straits Times in a recent email interview.
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