Editing Logan Edra (section)

===Main Event Friday, 26 July – Sunday, 11 August 2024===

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! colspan="4" style="background:#ffe0ff;text-align: center;" |Olympic Breaking Medalists Paris 2024 
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| style="background:#f0f0f0; | '''B-GIRLS'''
| style="background:#bf8970; | '''671''' - ''Liu Qingyi (CHN)''
| style="background:#DAA520; | '''AMI''' - ''Ami Yuasa (JPN)''
| style="background:Silver; | '''NICKA''' - ''Dominika Banevič (LIT)''
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| style="background:#f0f0f0;| '''B-BOYS'''
| style="background:#bf8970; | '''Victor''' - ''Victor Montalvo (USA)''
| style="background:#DAA520; | '''Phil Wizard''' - ''Phil Kim (CAN)''
| style="background:Silver; | '''Dany Dann''' - ''Danis Civil (FRA)''
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! colspan="6" style="background:#f2c8e0;text-align: center;" |Olympic Breaking B-Girls Paris 2024 ([https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/entries/breaking/all-noc/b-girls 17 Entries])
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! B-Girl
! Real Name
! Country
! Age
! Spot
! signed in
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cd83fOX6XE NICKA]
|Dominika Banevič
|LIT
|17
|WDSF World Champion 2023 
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZYrNXMEL1g INDIA]
|India Dewi Sardjoe
|NLD
|18
|WDSF European Champion 2022
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCO8tNUTTbQ SUNNY]
|Grace Sun Choi
|USA
|35
|WDSF Pan American Champion 2023
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pryNGfNjOfs 671]
|Liu Qingyi (刘清漪)
|CHN
|18
|WDSF Asian Champion 2022
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MorhA98eK7M RAYGUN]
|Dr. Rachael Gunn
|AUS
|36
|WDSF Oceania Champion 2023
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|[https://olympics.com/en/news/moroccan-bgirl-elmamouny-breaking-african ELMAMOUNY]
|Fatima Zahra El Mamouny
|MAR
|25
|WDSF  African Champion 2023
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwpc4u4ojh8 AMI]
|Ami Yuasa (湯浅亜実)
|JPN
|25
|OQS Spot 1 2024
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|[https://www.redbull.com/int-en/b-girl-ayumi-breaking-inspired-by AYUMI]
|Ayumi Fukushima (福島あゆみ)
|JPN
|41
|OQS Spot 2 2024
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6czEXu2V_h4 SYSSY]
|Sya Dembele
|FRA
|16
|OQS Spot 3 2024
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|LOGISTX
|Logan Ellana Edra
|USA
|21
|OQS Spot 4 2024
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|[http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-12/10/c_139578389.htm YING ZI]
|Zeng Yingying (曾莹莹)
|CHN
|31
|OQS Spot 5 2024
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZescqGfL-s KATE]
|Kateryna Pavlenko
|UKR
|29
|OQS Spot 6 2024
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|-
|[https://www.redbull.com/int-en/rise-of-b-girl-anti ANTI]
|Antilai Sandrini
|ITA
|27
|OQS Spot 7 2024
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
|-
|[https://olympics.com/en/news/bgirl-carlota-interview-from-cadenet-to-the-concorde CARLOTA]
|Carlota Dudek
|FRA
|22
|Host France 2024
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|[https://www.redbull.com/us-en/b-girl-vanessa-bc-one-interview VANESSA]
|Vanessa Marina Cartaxo Farinha
|POR
|32
|Universal Spot 1 Tripartite Comission 2024
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
|-
|[https://olympics.com/en/news/breaking-bgirl-stefani-paris-2024-injury-comeback-ukraine STEFANI]
|Anna Ponomarenko
|UKR
|30
|Universal Spot 2 Tripartite Comission 2024
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
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|[https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9x8dj81r73o TALASH]
|Manizha Talash (منیژه تلاش)
|EOR
|21
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugee_Olympic_Team_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics IOC Refugee Olympic Team 2024]
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! colspan="6" style="background:#f2c8e0;text-align: center;" |Olympic Breaking Qualificants B-Boys Paris 2024 ([https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/entries/breaking/all-noc/b-boys 16 Entries])
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! B-Boy
! Real Name
! Country
! Age
! Spot
! signed in
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtIOosTD8sE VICTOR]
|Victor Montalvo
|USA
|30
|WDSF World Champion 2023 
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|-
|[https://olympics.com/en/video/bboy-dany-dann-civil-french-breaker-interview DANY DANN]
|Danis Civil 
|FRA
|36
|WDSF European Champion 2022
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCO8tNUTTbQ PHIL WIZARD]
|Philip Kim
|CAN
|27
|WDSF Pan American Champion 2023
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAHcHF6RbEM SHIGEKIX]
|Shigeyuki Nakarai
|JPN
|22
|WDSF Asian Champion 2022
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZX3IvRJyb8 J ATTACK]
|Jeffrey Dan Arpie Dunne
|AUS
|17
|WDSF Oceania Champion 2023
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
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|[https://www.instagram.com/_breakingforgold/reel/C0lvDeMoh7E/ BILLY]
|Bilal Mallakh
|MAR
|20
|WDSF  African Champion 2023
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UErqTem-xgI LEE]
|Lee-Lou Demierre
|NLD
|23
|OQS Spot 1 2024
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
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|[https://youtu.be/fsfyBitRszQ HONGTEN]
|Kim Hong-yui
|KOR
|40
|OQS Spot 2 2024
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i1cxyajnq0 HIRO10]
|Hiroto Ono
|JPN
|19
|OQS Spot 3 2024
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRCv7XMfFJE LITHE-ING]
|Xiangyu Qi 
|CHN
|19
|OQS Spot 4 2024
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhaD-1dfnlE JEFFRO]
|Jeffrey Louis
|USA
|29
|OQS Spot 5 2024
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsUVVwgxhfo AMIR]
|Amir Zakirov
|KAZ
|19
|OQS Spot 6 2024
|[[File:Crystal Clear app clean.png|20px]]
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82NJROre2fU MENNO]
|Menno van Gorp
|NLD
|35
|OQS Spot 7 2024
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|[https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8ltbXcNi5Q/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading LAGAET]
|Gaëtan Rodrigue Alin
|FRA
|36
|Host France 2024
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwEd2K_Rw08 QUAKE]
|Chen Sun
|TPE
|24
|Universal Spot 1 Tripartite Comission 2024
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|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCcB_FzJGCwe KUZYA]
|Oleg Kuznietsov 
|UKR
|34
|Universal Spot 2 Tripartite Comission 2024
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The assignation normally is managed by the National Olympic Organizations, exceptions for the Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs). They have to care about by their own.<ref>[https://olympics.com/ioc/paris-2024-individual-neutral-athletes Individual Neutral Athletes at the Olympic Games Paris 2024]</ref>
[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/pool/breaking/b-girls Schedule & Results]<br>
Both events B-Girls and B-Boys were sold out in hours.

====The B-Girl Competition August 9, 2024====
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! colspan="6" style="background:#f2c8e0;text-align: center;" |Pre-Qualification
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! B-Girl
! Country
! Votes R#1
! Votes R#2
! Votes R#3
! Won
|-
|INDIA
|NLD
|9
|9
|9
|3
|-
|TALASH
|EOR
|0
|0
|0
|0
|}
The winner of the pre-qualification duel advances to round robin group A. So INDIA or [https://www.teenvogue.com/story/manizha-talash-afghanistan-breakdancer-olympics TALASH] had do three rounds more before round robin shortly afterwards. NOT a good concept and schedule planing. At the last round Talash carried a light blue cape with the print "FREE AFGAN WOMEN" and [https://nypost.com/2024/08/10/sports/refugee-breaker-manizha-talash-disqualified-at-olympics-for-free-afghan-women-cape/ got later disqualified for it] - seriously. However, the activism of the "Lion Girl" causes countless major newspapers across the globe, [https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/drei-jahre-taliban-in-afghanistan-selbstmorde-unter-maedchen-nehmen-zu-19910040.html such as the FAZ in Germany], printing articles about the situation of Afgan women. So Talash might say you could disqualify me a thousend times and I would do it over and over again. Talash had hardly a chance against the pro dancer India, but concerning to live the ideals of the hip-hop culture she is really a big one. Like B-BOY LEE said: "It is not you have to do like this and that, because that is right." In breaking there is no right or wrong. 

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! colspan="5" style="background:#f2c8e0;text-align: center;" |Round Robin - Group A
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! Rank
! B-Girl
! Country
! Won
! Votes
|-
|1
|INDIA
|NLD
|6
|48
|-
|2
|671
|CHN
|4
|33
|-
|3
|SUNNY
|USA
|2
|15
|-
|4
|VANESSA
|POR
|0
|12
|}
INDIA rapped the group despite she had three more round on her bones. 
 
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! colspan="5" style="background:#f2c8e0;text-align: center;" |Round Robin - Group B
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! Rank
! B-Girl
! Country
! Won
! Votes
|-
|1
|NICKA
|LIT
|5
|42
|-
|2
|SYSSY
|FRA
|4
|33
|-
|3
|LOGISTX
|USA
|3
|33
|-
|4
|RAYGUN
|AUS
|0
|0
|}
Logistx won against RAYGUN twice 9:0, lost against NICKA 4:5 and 1:8 and made a draw against SYSSY won 6:3 first round, but lost second with 4:5. One vote less to advance. As shown by votes and rankings, she had clearly the toughest group to advance. But acording Olympic spirit: Attendance is everything! [https://www.aol.com/usas-sunny-choi-logan-edra-165516185.html AOL - USA's Sunny Choi, Logan Edra knocked out in round robin stage of Olympic breaking] about Logistx analysis. 

RAYGUN experienced an unpleasent hated finished with 0 Points [https://ca.news.yahoo.com/australian-breakdancer-raygun-says-olympics-174541346.html Varity . Australian Breakdancer Raygun Says Olympics Hate Has Been ‘Devastating’: ‘I Ask the Press to Stop Harassing My Friends and Family’].[https://www.newsweek.com/sports/viral-australian-breaker-raygun-accused-manipulating-olympics-qualifier-1939545 Newsweek - Viral Australian Breaker Raygun Accused of Manipulating Olympics Qualifier]. Dear morons, the strength for a continental representive depends highly on numbers of breakers on the continent and the chance for opportunities attend international tournaments and financial support! Dr. Gunn might be really the best Oceanina could offer and it isn't a shame no judge voted for her. [https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/10/sport/raygun-ranked-number-one-breaker-spt-intl/index.html About a month later Raygun was No. 1 in the WDSF world rang list].
 
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! colspan="5" style="background:#f2c8e0;text-align: center;" |Round Robin - Group C
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! Rank
! B-Girl
! Country
! Won
! Votes
|-
|1
|AMI
|JPN
|6
|52
|-
|2
|YING ZI
|CHN
|4
|35
|-
|3
|ANTI
|ITA
|2
|10
|-
|4
|ELMAMOUNY
|MAR
|0
|2
|}
AMI ruled as expected.

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! colspan="5" style="background:#f2c8e0;text-align: center;" |Round Robin - Group D
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! Rank
! B-Girl
! Country
! Won
! Votes
|-
|1
|KATE
|UKR
|4
|35
|-
|2
|AYUMI
|JPN
|4
|31
|-
|3
|STEFANI
|UKR
|4
|30
|-
|4
|CARLOTA
|FRA
|0
|12
|}
STEFANI missed the qualification just by one vote. It hurts. Nice stand-up by the Ukrains.

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! colspan="6" style="background:#f2c8e0;text-align: center;" |Quarterfinals 1
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! B-Girl
! Country
! Votes R#1
! Votes R#2
! Votes R#3
! Won
|-
|SYSSY
|FRA
|1
|0
|1
|0
|-
|AMI
|JPN
|8
|9
|8
|3
|}

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! colspan="6" style="background:#f2c8e0;text-align: center;" |Quarterfinals 2
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! B-Girl
! Country
! Votes R#1
! Votes R#2
! Votes R#3
! Won
|-
|AYUMI
|JPN
|5
|3
|2
|1
|-
|INDIA
|NLD
|4
|6
|7
|2
|}

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! colspan="6" style="background:#f2c8e0;text-align: center;" |Quarterfinals 3
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! B-Girl
! Country
! Votes R#1
! Votes R#2
! Votes R#3
! Won
|-
|671
|CHN
|6
|5
|9
|3
|-
|KATE
|UKR
|3
|4
|0
|0
|}

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! colspan="6" style="background:#f2c8e0;text-align: center;" |Quarterfinals 4
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! B-Girl
! Country
! Votes R#1
! Votes R#2
! Votes R#3
! Won
|-
|YING ZI
|CHN
|0
|1
|0
|0
|-
|NICKA
|LIT
|9
|8
|9
|3
|}
The winners of most rounds advanced to the semifinals.

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! colspan="6" style="background:#f2c8e0;text-align: center;" |Semifinal 1
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! B-Girl
! Country
! Votes R#1
! Votes R#2
! Votes R#3
! Won
|-
|AMI
|JPN
|3
|6
|8
|2
|-
|INDIA
|NLD
|6
|3
|1
|1
|}

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! colspan="6" style="background:#f2c8e0;text-align: center;" |Semifinal 2
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! B-Girl
! Country
! Votes R#1
! Votes R#2
! Votes R#3
! Won
|-
|671
|CHN
|2
|5
|2
|1
|-
|NICKA
|LIT
|7
|4
|7
|2
|}
The winners of most rounds advanced to the finals. The remained breakers battling for third place.

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! colspan="6" style="background:#f2c8e0;text-align: center;" |Bronze Medal
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! B-Girl
! Country
! Votes R#1
! Votes R#2
! Votes R#3
! Won
|-
|INDIA
|NLD
|3
|0
|5
|1
|-
|671
|CHN
|6
|9
|4
|2
|}

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! colspan="6" style="background:#f2c8e0;text-align: center;"| Gold Medal
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! B-Girl
! Country
! Votes R#1
! Votes R#2
! Votes R#3
! Won
|-
|AMI
|JPN
|6
|5
|5
|3
|-
|NICKA
|LIT
|3
|4
|4
|0
|}

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWmDKHb2fu4 Team USA Breakdancers Sunny Choi & Victor Montalvo on the Kelly Clarkson Show]
<br>
[https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/06/18/ralph-lauren-us-olympic-team-outfits-opening-ceremony/74127095007/ Opening and Closing Ceremony Team Uniforms for USA]<br>
[https://www.instagram.com/p/C9sxUp8IRVF/?img_index=1 Uncle Sam got her]<br>
[https://www.instagram.com/logistx_ugf/p/C95PjPxp0II/?img_index=10 Logan in Blazer](one of kind look)<br>
[https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/2024-paris-olympic-athletes-village-location-photos-food NBC Olympic Village in Paris]

====The Unique Seine River Opening Ceremony  7.30 p.m. CET (10.30 a.m. in Los Angeles)====
As anticipation builds for the world's most eagerly awaited sporting event, Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has announced the start time for the historic Opening Ceremony on the Seine.

[https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-start-time-opening-ceremony-seine PARIS 2024 REVEALS THE START TIME FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES OPENING CEREMONY ON THE SEINE]<br>
[https://olympics.com/en/news/whats-new-paris-2024-opening-ceremony PARIS 2024 INNOVATION: THE UNIQUE SEINE RIVER OPENING CEREMONY UNVEILED]
Eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt was on the boat of the French delegation on 25 July 2023, sailing on the Seine for the presentation of the Olympic and Paralympic torch for Paris 2024. He was impressed by the experience and talked about the thousands of spectators who would be there a year after.

“I think it’s gonna be one of the best, if not the best Opening Ceremony. Imagine everybody standing outside, across the bridges cheering people up. It was never done before…”

The parade of athletes, which traditionally takes place within a stadium, will be held on the Seine, with boats for each national delegation equipped with cameras to allow viewers watching on TV and online to get a close-up view of all the action.

Winding their way from east to west, the 10,500 athletes will cross the centre of Paris - the main home of the Games, where they will showcase their sporting prowess over the following 16 days. Throughout the Opening Ceremony, athletes will appear on stage alongside performers in line with Paris 2024's goal of hosting a Games that is created for and by the athletes.

The parade will end its 6 km route in front of the Trocadéro, where the final elements of the ceremony and the celebratory shows will take place.

So we hope Logan will not get seasick and do throw-up in front of one or two billion TV watchers after boarding. Indeed over a billion TV watcher were confirmed. <ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/olympics/olympics-2024-opening-ceremony-watch-start-time-rcna163453 NBC - 2024 Paris Olympics: Céline Dion, boat parade and more highlights from the opening ceremony]</ref> ABC News stated 1,5 Billion TV watchers on the Opening Show.<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/olympics-opening-cermony-latest-french-rail-network-sabotaged-112297976#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%2Dwatched,is%20on%20the%20low%20side. Olympics opening ceremony latest: Celine Dion serenades Paris, and now the Games can begin]</ref> And no show-off dancing during the parade, because if she'll fall into the river [https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240628-one-month-from-the-paris-olympics-tests-reveal-the-river-seine-is-still-unfit-for-swimming the water quality is not healthy]. Lo didn't listen and danced on the boat during parade, got a cold by the rain fall and had to get isolated from the rest of her team for a couple days. As we told her, the water isn't healthy :-)!

Hip-hop entrance?! - Pfft! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_OOOkVJK7o Gojira - Ah! Ça ira] - Welcome to Europe!
[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/breaking?day=9-august Olympic Schedule & Results]

====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, Edra says. 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>: Louis believes this is the most important criteria. “Having that personal style is what sets people apart,” he says. “I could learn every move out there, but it’s about what can I bring to the table? What can I 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.

====The Stadium Closing Ceremony August 11====
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The Tonight Show's very own Jimmy Fallon is expected to fly across the Atlantic to join in on all the fun this summer. And while this is the talk show host's very first time taking part in an Olympics broadcast, he'll be joined by seasoned sports reporter Mike Tirico, who has emceed four Olympics already since taking over for departed longtime NBC Sports reporter Bob Costas.

====The Olympic Future of Breaking====
Unfortunately, it’s already been announced that there will be no breaking competition at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.  But a successful run in Paris could pave the way for the sport’s return at the Brisbane Olympics in 2032. Baseball was left out of the Paris Games, but it will be back in the 2028 Olympics.