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INTERVIEW: Victor Montalvo on the Impact the Olympics Has Had on Breaking

Lyra Hale — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 17:32:51 +0000

Victor Montalvo is one of the world’s best breakers. Known as B-Boy Victor, the Mexican-American breaker just competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where breaking was making its debut. He ended up winning bronze for Team USA, while Team Canada’s B-Boy Phil Wizard won gold, and Team France’s B-Boy Dany Dann won silver. Hailing from

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Mexican-American Wins Bronze in Breaking After Sport Goes Viral at Paris Olympics

Kiko Martinez — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 00:01:49 +0000

After a weekend of viral videos featuring b-boy and b-girls at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, breaking has crowned the best in the sport from across the globe. Taking the bronze medal in breaking, which made its debut at this summer’s games, was Victor Montalvo from Team USA. On Saturday (August 10), Montalvo, AKA

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Meet Victor Montalvo, the Mexican-American Breaker Competing at the Paris Olympics

Kiko Martinez — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 15:56:05 +0000

For the first time in Olympics history, the sport of breaking, commonly referred to as breakdancing, will make its debut as an athletic competition at the Games. One of the breakers vying for gold in the men’s division is Victor Montalvo, who qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics after winning a gold medal at the

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The 2020 Olympics Are Canceled, but This Guy Is Committed to Seeing Breakdance at Paris’ 2024 Olympics

Julyssa Lopez — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:05:27 +0000

After mounting concern over the coronavirus pandemic, Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the International Olympic Committee officially postponed the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics for a year. In a statement released yesterday, officials said that athletes would compete on “a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021.” The move is historically unprecedented; up

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