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Rings And Things: New Sports At The 2024 Summer Olympics

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🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The Paris Olympic games officially begin tomorrow. We've been covering the lead up to the summer games with our series "Rings and Things" and today we're wrapping up the series with a look at what's new.

Breaking, or breakdancing, will make its Olympic debut in a couple weeks. Four American breakers qualified for the sport's first ever Olympic competition. Its inclusion comes as other youth-led sports return, including skateboarding, climbing, and surfing.

Spectators can expect a number of other changes like the inclusion of kayak cross and kiteboarding.

We discuss the new sports on the Olympic Block.

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The Paris Olympic Games officially begin Friday.

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We've been covering the lead up to the summer games with our series Rings and things,

0:39.0

and today we're wrapping up the series with a look at what's new.

0:42.0

Breaking or breakdancing will make its Olympic

0:45.0

debut in a couple of weeks.

0:46.9

It's like they're accepting this dance. It's no longer something that you can just look at

0:52.2

and say, oh, these kids that just break

0:54.0

dancing, whatever, right? You can't brush it off anymore. It's like a serious discipline.

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That's Antonio Castillo, also known as Task, and the new Voice of America documentary from the

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Street to the Olympics.

1:06.8

We'll speak with Antonio in just a moment.

1:09.1

Four American breakers qualified for the first ever Olympic competition. Its inclusion comes after other

1:14.6

youth-led sports return including skateboarding, climbing, and surfing. Spectators can

1:19.8

expect a number of other changes like the inclusion of kayak crossing and kiteboarding.

1:24.8

After the break we discuss breaking and what else to expect in Paris.

1:28.8

I'm Jen White.

1:29.7

You're listening to the one-day podcast where we get to the heart of the story. We'll be back with more in just a moment.

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