Break dancing at the olympics

I don't understand why this is in the Olympics. Why not have sports like women's softball? They rarely get included. I'm sure there are other sports too. Breaking is not it.

We didn't watch for long, it just didn't grab us.

I also wasn't comfortable with people being called numbers, here is China's 671.

I can appreciate the skills on show but somehow it didn't hit the same mark as other newish Olympic sports.

I glanced at the screen from a distance and thought there was some sort of display going on rather than an actual competition. I'm sure they're strong and athletic but then why not include other forms of dance?

I'm not sure I'm a fan 

My question about the break dancing comes from the schedule that I've been following on the "olympics.com" site.. All the sports say either "men" or "women" or a few "mixed", but break dancing says "boys". Are these all actual boys? not adult men? 

We have no interest in sports but do enjoy dance. So I watched a clip last night to see what this was about. I was impressed with the strength and skill required to do some of the moves. Did the dancers know what the music would be? Was there routine prepared or did they just 'feel the music' as the announcer kept saying?

I would far rather watch someone dance - in any form - than watch any kind of race or simple diving competition. I can not imagine training your whole life to try to be 1/2 second faster than someone else.

I loved it! I watched the B-Girls final yesterday and was super impressed. Some of their moves require a lot of strength and stamina.

Did you see the Austalian woman who has been all over TikTok? She was...something.
I dislike the way the major network shows the Olympics here. It is all focused on a narrow band of the events- especially in Prime Time, so we have not been able to see any of the breaking. I think mens is being shown this morning, so we will try to catch that.

When I watch the Olympics, I want to see sports that I dont normally see- I dont want to watch basketball, I dont need to see every minute of gymnastics, I dont need to see every running race in track- show me archery, show me that one in the winter that involves skiing and shooting (biathalon?), show me breakdancing, synchronized swim, water polo, hammer throw, etc.

Several things.

* They should use names.
* It seems breakdancing IS world wide.
* Serious physical strengths.
* Great moves, but should be a bit less baggy clothing, because it is hard to see what they are doing.
* Thinking it is questionable Olympic sport.

Not the worst, but not my choice.

However, just thought it is something every one could/might be able to do with little initial cost. Training/learning could be done at the local gym or in the park at little or no cost. That is how skateboarding came about.

I find it a weird addition. The Olympics are for sports. I don’t consider dancing a sport. We have So you think you can Dance and America’s Got Talent for those types of things.

I feel like if breaking (I hate it being called that) is now considered a sport, then they need to include ballet and cheerleading. Cheerleading is definitely a physical, athletic event.

This sounds like every boy in my daughter’s class telling her dance isn’t a “sport”.

Not saying it’s not a sport. Just saying that if dance is now considered an Olympic sport, they need to include all of it, not just one type.

In general I thought it was more entertaining than I thought it might be (I watched the women’s qualifying so far). However, I hate to say it, but the Australian breaker was awful and as a comment I saw yesterday said, “I’m second hand embarrassed for her.” I read that the medal matches were great so will probably watch now that I’m invested, but most of the comments I saw said that they should go to the NYC subways and find better representation.

During the competition they said that the dancers don’t know what the music will be. They are supposed to free flow but sometimes the other dancer would be acting like they were taking notes and that was indicating that they thought the other person was dancing from a script that they made ahead of time. They also aren’t supposed to do a move more than once.

littlemama you can watch all of the sports on demand on the peacock app.

My kids said that baseball was taken out due to it being during the MLB season, but I don’t know if that is true or not. That’s nice that it will be back in 2028. We are also looking forward to flag football in 2028.

There are some other sports that I’m not sure why they are still in the Olympics, like fencing or shooting, but we just skip those. I’m not that impressed with rock climbing, either, in terms of watching it anyway. I also don’t get the appeal of synchronized swimming and see that as a type of dance. But people aren’t making a big deal of that vs not including other types of dance.

I watched the bronze and gold match. I was up late and wanted to see something I hadn’t watched.

It was interesting. The moves are hard to see with baggy clothes. I’m assuming the standing close to the competitor and tracking moves which seems like something similar to “trash talking”- don’t know a better description, is typical of breaking. Didn’t care for that part really. The moves are impressive.

It was more interesting thank rock climbing.