On Monday, the list of additional sports preselected for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 was published. Breaking is not one of them, unlike baseball/softball, cricket, squash, flag football and lacrosse.
“It’s still sad news for us,” Charles Ferreira, president of the French dance federation (FFDanse), commented on Tuesday. In view of the work started for years by the federations and the public’s enthusiasm, we had hope that breaking would be renewed. But that is not the choice that was made. »
The IOC must still validate the preselection
“The sports that have been selected at this stage are sports that are very American or English-speaking. This has yet to be confirmed by the Olympic committee, but yes it is a disappointment,” he added. During its next session in Bombay (India) next week, the IOC must definitively validate its preselection.
Like karate, integrated into the Tokyo Games in 2021 but excluded for the following ones, breaking will therefore have no Olympic visibility beyond Paris 2024, with the exception of the Youth Olympic Games organized in Senegal. in 2026. “This boosts us in some way. We will continue to work, unite, organize and the discipline will continue to develop, assured the president of FFDanse. We obviously fear (that after Paris 2024) our high-level budget will be revised downwards, but we remain confident for our sport. And in any case we will fight. »
2023-10-10 19:20:10
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