NY Times · Aug 11, 2024
The Surprise of the Olympics: Breakers’ Delight
Nicka of Lithuania, the 17-year-old women’s silver medalist, radiated a kind of bliss while performing.By the time the B-girl finals wrapped up on Friday, the newly introduced Olympic event of breaking had passed a test. It was not awful. It was not just a litany of power moves. It was funny. It was sweet. Musicality mattered. By the end, I was completely invested.
In the B-girl competition, Ami (Ami Yuasa from Japan) slipped past Nicka (Dominika Banevic from Lithuania) in the gold medal battle. The B-boy competition was on Saturday, with the gold going to B-boy Phil Wizard (Phillip Kim of Canada).