On Friday, August 9, India Sardjoe, a Dutchwoman, won the inaugural breakdancing competition in the history of the Olympics. In the B-Girls pre-qualifier, she defeated Manizha Talash of the refugee team to move on to the group stage.
During the pre-qualifier breaking performance, Manizha Talash, the Afghanistan B-Girl, was disqualified from the Paris Olympics 2024 for wearing the words "Free Afghan Women" on her cape. India Sardjoe made it to the group stage as a result. Breaking, also known as B-Boying, B-Girling, or Breakdancing, debuted in the Olympics in Paris during the Summer Games. Sixteen B-Boys and B-Girls competed in two medal events, one for each gender.
There was a round-robin phase in the format, after which eligible participants advanced to the knockout round. After being divided into four groups of sixteen breakers, each group was given a minute to dance against the other groups. Each breaker was removed from the tournament, and the top two breakers from each group advanced to the finals—the two best breakers from each group charged into the knockout stages.
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India advanced to the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics 2024 after putting on an outstanding performance in the round-robin round. There, she defeated Japan's Ayumi 17–10 to get to the semi-finals.
Nevertheless, she lost against Ami of Japan 10–17 in the semifinals. India had to settle for fourth place after losing to China 671 by 8-19 in the bronze-medal match. Ami won the gold medal while Lithuania's Nicka took home the silver.
B-Girl India Sardjoe scripted history by emerging as the first breakdancer to bag a win in Olympic history. Hailing from the Hague, Netherlands, India's father is Indo-Surinamese, while her mother is half Indian and half Dutch descent.
During her childhood, she took up football as her main sport before moving to hip-hop. However, she found hip-hop to be boring and switched to break dancing. She won the Dutch National Championships when she was only 10. She became the Dutch, European, and world champion in just six months, hogging the limelight in 2022.
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