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==Youth Olympic Summer Games Dakar 2026==
===Main Event from October 30 to November 13, 2026 in Senegal=== 
To be eligible, athletes must be between 13 and 17 years old by the Games' closing ceremony, hold a World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) ID card, and have participated in a WDSF-approved competition in the 2025/2026 season. The event marks another appearance for Breaking on the Olympic stage after its debut at the 2024 Summer Youth Olympics in Gangwon4

Breaking is featured for the second time at the Summer Youth Olympics after making its debut at the 2024 Games in Gangwon. The World DanceSport Federation sees the Dakar 2026 event as a milestone for Breaking, calling it a "historic event" for youth Breaking.

The criteria of participation are: Be no older than 17 years and no younger than 13 years on the day of the closing ceremony (November 13, 2026). Possess a valid WDSF ID Card for the 2025/2026 season. Participate in at least one WDSF-approved Breaking competition listed in the 2025/2026 WDSF competition calendar. Hold a valid passport of the country they represent. Comply with all WDSF rules and regulations.

[https://www.worlddancesport.org/News/Breaking-at-the-Youth-Olympic-Games-Dakar-2026-%E2%80%93-Relevant-Information-3574 World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) - Breaking at the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 – Relevant Information]

===Qualification===
====How breaking is judged and scored in Olympics====
An odd-numbered panel of judges score each round and each battle, and judge breakers’ performance based on five criteria:

*<u>Technique</u>: Certain moves have certain criteria, such as keeping feet flexed versus toes pointed on many moves. But technique also includes the judges’ view of how athletic the breakers are, and how well they control their bodies.
*<u>Vocabulary</u>: Breakers must perform a variety of moves in multiple positions—both in down rock and top rock—to score well here.
*<u>Execution</u>: While this may sound similar to technique, the World DanceSport Federation rule book says that on execution, breakers are judged on how cleanly their moves are performed—that is, they don’t mess up—and how distinct one more is from the next. The moves should flow together, but not blend together.
*<u>Musicality</u>: Here, breakers are judged on their ability to not just perform incredible moves, but to dance—staying on beat, and timing their moves to the music.
*<u>Originality</u>: Having that personal style is what sets people apart. It’s about what can one bring to the table and what can one add to breaking.

Instead of assigning a number to each of these criteria, judges use a digital slider, sliding towards the breaker who is winning the head to head matchup in that category. So if Breaker A is performing with better technique than Breaker B, judges will slide the slider towards their side—either a little bit, or all the way.
Each of the five categories accounts for 20 percent of the final score. Based on the balance of the sliders in these five criteria, one breaker is declared the winner of each round.