Paris 2024’s new Olympic sport: Everything to know about Breaking

Also known as breakdancing, Breaking can be traced back to The Bronx’s hip-hop culture in the 1970s and is “characterised by a combination of athletic moves including spins, flips and other complex techniques”.

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Paris 2024 is set to debut a new Olympic sport.

Here's everything you need to know about breaking.

Also known as break dancing, Breaking can be traced back to the Bronx's hip hop culture in the 19 seventies and is categorised by a combination of athletic moves, including spins, flips and other complex techniques.

According to the Olympics website, the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires was the first Olympic event to showcase breaking, and Paris 2024 is bringing it to the Summer Games in August.

Breaking is set to be scored based on five categories.

Musicality, vocabulary, originality, technique and execution.

With each category making up 20% of the score, will you be watching?