Enter the battle zone as the Olympics starts ‘breaking’

Hans van Leeuwen and Zoe Samios

Aug 10, 2024 – 4.17am

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Welcome to day 14 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where the Olympics’ pitch to the youth market reached, well, fever pitch, as “le breaking” made its debut. In the more traditional sports, it was a silver for Australia in the diving and cycling, but it’ll be no more than bronze for the Opals.

Read on to see what you missed overnight.