Breakdancing as an Olympic sport?

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Breakdancing could be coming to the Olympics. According to the Associated Press, The International Olympic Committee's executive board has recommended breakdancing, skateboarding, sports climbing and surfing be added to the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. According to IOC president Thomas Bach, these "more youthful and urban" additions would present new opportunities to "connect with the young generation." "We decided to recommend the four sports [for ratification] to the IOC session in June in Lausanne," Bach added, per Reuters. "It is a provisional inclusion because the final decision should only be taken at the end of 2020." Breakdancing is the only sport that would be entirely new to the Olympics,

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