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Phil Wizard, Champion Breaker and Olympic Contender, Isn’t Convinced ‘Breakdancing’ Is a Sport
As breaking debuts at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Phil Wizard, the top-ranked B-boy in the world, is looking for a gold medal. But he isn’t convinced breaking is a sport.
One of Paris 2024’s “most fashionable sports” wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the pressure cooker that was late-’70s New York—the structural racism, the oppression, the poverty—that forced those Bronx kids to find a way to survive. He’s now sponsored by Red Bull and a growing list of increasingly un-hip-hop companies that includes Lululemon (he prefers the flowy, baggy women’s pants; the men’s line is too tight for him), Toyota, and Royal Bank of Canada. Kim pulls his legs back into a tighter spin; he doesn’t want to smack the dog, but he isn’t gonna stop his flow.
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