With breakdancing to make its debut at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Australia's top B-boys and B-girls are chasing respect for their sport in a bid to represent the nation on the world's biggest stage.
Australia's breakdancers are looking to represent their country on the world's biggest stage.abc.net.au/news/breakdancing-olympics-paris-2024/102407926The inside of a shopping centre isn't normally where you would find an athlete training for the Olympics.
"There's the Olympics coming up and I would love to be a part of that and represent, and bring what this city and country has to the table to the world stage. That would be a huge honour," Fontz said. "It's not something that breakers ever expected because of course it was put forward by the World Dancesport Federation, which is a ballroom organisation."
"I am training hard with the hope of representing Australia in Paris at the Olympics next year," says Raygunn, who researches breaking and street dance culture at Sydney's Macquarie University.
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