How to watch break dancing debut at the 2024 Olympics

With just three days left in the 2024 Olympics, a new sport is making its grand debut in Paris.

Of course, we’re talking about the breaking competition.

Break dancing, also known as breaking, was approved as a sport by the IOC on December 7, 2020 after appearing in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. During the competition, we’ll see the 33 best b-boys and b-girls in the world from 16 countries

Below, we outlined everything you need to know to tune in to the first-ever breaking events at the 2024 Olympics.

2024 Olympics Breaking schedule:

Friday, August 9

• B-Girls Round Robin
  • Live on Peacock and E! at 10:00 a.m. ET
• B-Girls Quarterfinals
  • Live on Peacock and E! at 2:00 p.m. ET
• B-Girls Semifinals
  • Live on Peacock and E! at 2:47 p.m. ET
• B-Girls Bronze Medal Battle
  • Live on Peacock and E! at 3:19 p.m. ET
• B-Girls Gold Medal Battle
  • Live on Peacock and E! at 3:29 p.m. ET

Saturday, August 10

• B-Boys Round Robin
  • Live on Peacock at 10:00 a.m. ET
  • Joined live in progress on E! at 10:30 a.m. ET
• B-Boys Quarterfinals
  • Live on Peacock and E! at 2:00 p.m. ET
• B-Boys Semifinals
  • Live on Peacock and E! at 2:47 p.m. ET
• B-Boys Bronze Medal Battle
  • Live on Peacock and E! at 3:19 p.m. ET
• B-Boys Gold Medal Battle
  • Live on Peacock and E! at 3:29 p.m. ET

How to watch breaking for free at the 2024 Olympics:

If you want to watch the rest of the sport climbing events for free, consider signing up for live TV streaming services that offer free trials and carry E! or NBC. We recommend DIRECTV Stream, which comes with a five-day free trial.

How to watch breaking at the 2024 Olympics on Peacock:

The official streaming home of the 2024 Olympics is Peacock, the streaming service from NBCUniversal. This year, Peacock is broadcasting over 5,000 hours of live coverage, which includes all 329 medal events, every single event leading up to them, and the new, popular whip-around show Gold Zone.

Peacock costs $7.99/month with ads and $13.99/month without ads, and since the Olympics wrap up on August 11, you’ll only need one month to watch the entire 2024 Games.

What is Breaking?

Breaking, also known as b-boying, b-girling or breakdancing, is a style of street dance that originated in New York City, and as of this year, is officially an Olympic sport.

Breakdancing consists mainly of four kinds of movement—toprock (a foot movement performed while standing), downrock (a movement performed with hands and feed on the floor), power moves (acrobatic inspired fast moves that are often the centerpieces of routines), and freezes (pausing all movement in an interesting position).

At the 2024 Olympics, two medal events will occur; one features 16 b-girls and the other 16 b-boys.

2024 PARIS OLYMPICS

Which Team USA athletes are competing in breaking?

B-Girls (Friday, August 9)

• Logan “Logistx” Edra
  • Round Robin Battles at 10:13 a.m. ET, 10:57 a.m. ET, and 11:51 a.m. ET
• Sunny Choi
  • Round Robin Battles at 10:43 a.m. ET, 11:39 a.m. ET, and 12:27 p.m. ET.

B-Boys

• Victor Montalvo
  • Round Robin Battles at 10:00 a.m. ET, 10:55 a.m. ET, and 11:44 a.m. ET
• Jeffrey “Jeffro” Louis
  • Round Robin Battles at 10:23 a.m. ET, 11:13 a.m. ET, and 12:02 p.m. ET.

When do the 2024 Olympics end?

The last day of the 2024 Olympics is Sunday, August 11. The Olympics will officially end with the closing ceremony airing at 3 p.m. ET on that day.

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