Who will be the last breaking national team player to join the 2024 Paris Olympics?
The Korea Dance Sports Federation (메이저놀이터Chairman Kang Il-seong, hereinafter referred to as KFD) said, “On the 30th, the 2023 Breaking K Series 2nd Competition will be held at Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul.”
In November of last year, KFD selected two men and two men from the Breaking National Team through the ‘2022 Breaking K Final’. In addition, each country will be able to send 3 male and 3 female athletes to the World Series, which can obtain the highest Olympic Qualifying Point among the competitions hosted by the World Dance Sports Federation (WDSF) this year, and one additional member was selected from each country.
In this second competition, the players who ranked in the top 16 in the last competition will participate. Among them, one male and female winner of the general division will join the national breaking team and wear the Taegeuk mark. National team players go to international competitions to obtain direct tickets or Olympic qualifying points that confirm participation in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Non-Boys in the general division, including Kim Hong-yeol (Hong10), the winner of the 1st competition, Park Min-hyeok (Zooty Zoot), Oh Chul-je (Fe), and Jang Ji-gwang (Vero), who finished in 4th place, were seeded and qualified for the 2nd competition. Without it, I went straight to the quarterfinals.
In addition, Kim Hyo-geun (Physics), Choi Dong-wook (Rush), as well as Kim Jong-ho (Leon), the current national team member, announced their participation.
In the non-girl category, players such as Kim Ye-ri (YELL), Kim Ju-yeon (Teenie), and Lim Eo-jin (Rudy), who won the first competition, will face each other from the quarterfinals.
KFD President Kang Il-sung said, “This tournament is an important event to select additional national breakers,” and added, “As this is the last opportunity to join the journey toward the 2024 Paris Olympics, I hope that the athletes will show off all their skills that they have prepared so far. hope,” he said.
Meanwhile, in the 2nd competition of the 2023 Breaking K Series, not only the general b-boy and b-girl divisions, but also elementary and middle school b-boys and youth b-girls will be held together.