Olympic OK music to Pinoy breakdancers’ ears — ‘Chance to put PH on the map’

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H0OANzIp72Y?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>Expect more support for the domestic breakdancing community now that that its top athletes have been given the go-signal to seek Olympic spots at the 2024 Paris Games.&quot;It&#x27;s going to be a big opportunity for our local B Boys and B Girls (dancers),&quot; Melvin Ang said in an interview with ABS-CBN News Tuesday.Ang, head of the breaking division of the Dance Sport Council of the Philippines Inc., the sport&#x27;s national governing body, said the approval by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would pave the way for the Philippines to showcase a talent &quot;innate&quot; in millions of its citizens.&quot;Skill-wise Filipinos are very good at dancing. This event does not require height, speed, but it requires artistic excellence. We have a good chance to put the country on the map,&quot; he said.The IOC’s executive board approved the new sport as part of a broader decision on Paris 2024’s event program and athlete quotas.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/08/20/breakdancing-gets-olympic-green-light-for-paris-2024">Breakdancing gets Olympic green light for Paris 2024</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/03/22/19/how-breakdancing-broke-through-2019-sea-games">How breakdancing broke through 2019 SEA Games</a></li></ul>IOC president Thomas Bach included breakdancing along with surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing to make the Games “more gender balanced, more youthful and more urban.&quot;Ang said that with proper support from the government, local breakdancers can go head-to-head against their foreign counter parts.&quot;[Kasi] talagang innate na sa atin ang mga galaw. Sana magkaroon tayo ng program, proper funding and proper support from the national government,&quot; he said.Breakdancing, or more popularly known as breaking, was first staged in an international sports event at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires 2 years ago, before being included in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines.&quot;Worldwide akala namin the Olympic committee would just observe it in the Tokyo Games before nila ielevate. Pero ngayon inelevate din nila, nagulat nga kami at napabilis,&quot; he said.

Expect more support for the local breakdancing community now that that its top athletes have been given the go-signal to seek Olympic spots at the 2024 Paris Games.

Expect more support for the local breakdancing community now that that its top athletes have been given the go-signal to seek Olympic spots at the 2024 Paris Games.

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Olympic OK music to Pinoy breakdancers’ ears — ‘Chance to put PH on the map’

Olympic OK music to Pinoy breakdancers’ ears — ‘Chance to put PH on the map’

Dennis Gasgonia,

ABS-CBN News

Published Dec 08, 2020 11:45 PM PHT

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