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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Mark Staniforth

British breakdancers ready for ‘bonkers’ chance to compete at Paris Olympics

For Britain’s best breakdancers, the chance to compete at the Paris Olympics in 2024 remains a “bonkers” and somewhat divisive prospect.

The welcome opportunity to shed their stereotypical image as descendants of the 1980s New York street scene is balanced by commercial and funding concerns that some fear threatens the authenticity of what they uncomfortably acknowledge as a ‘sport’.

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