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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Breakers Dominika Banevič and Victor Montalvo qualify for next year’s Paris Olympics

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Lithuanian teenager Dominika Banevič and American Victor Montalvo both qualified for next year’s Paris Olympics after winning the World Breaking Championship on Sunday.

The 16-year-old Banevič, known as B-Girl Nicka, was the youngest in the women's category at the event in Leuven, Belgium. She concluded her battle by lifting herself up on her right arm and twisting her body almost completely around. She drew finger-clicking appreciation from her beaten opponent, 40-year-old Ayumi Fukushima of Japan, known as B-Girl Ayumi.

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