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New York – 13 November 2022
1. Mid of Victor Montalvo ("b-boy Victor") competing on stage at the Red Bull BC One Competition for breaking, or breakdancing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Victor Montalvo / "b-boy Victor", Team USA Breaker:
"I’m super excited to bring like the hip hop culture to the Olympics because we’re going to bring something new to the table, we’re going to bring a vibe, we’re going to bring that peace, love, unity and having fun."
3. Wide of Logan Edra ("b-girl Logistx") battling on stage at the Red Bull BC One Competition
4. Montalvo competing on stage
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Victor Montalvo / "b-boy Victor", Team USA Breaker:
"No, there is a lot of pressure, because this is like, our first Olympics and we want to show breaking at its best ability."
6. Montalvo winning men’s Red Bull BC One Championship
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Bronx, New York – 24 July 2023
7. Mural inside the apartment building in the Bronx now regarded as the "birthplace of hip-hop"
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New York – 22 June 2021
8. Montalvo breaking in front of a mural
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New York – 13 November 2022
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Logan Edra / "b-girl Logistx", Team USA breaker:
"Many may not know, but breaking is one of the four main elements of hip-hop and to be able to represent that on the Olympic platform, for me, I think it could change the world, because I truly believe that hip-hop changes lives."
10. Mid of Montalvo demonstrating some breaking moves
11. Close of Edra competing on stage
12. Mid of Sunny Choi, "b-girl Sunny", a member of Team USA for breaking at the Olympics, competes onstage
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Shanghai, China – 19 May 2024
13. STILL image of Jeffrey Louis, "b-boy Jeffro", a member of Team USA for breaking at the Olympics, battling in a quarterfinal match against South Korea’s Hongten for the Breaking B-Boys Finals in the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series held in Shanghai
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New York – 13 November 2022
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Victor Montalvo / "b-boy Victor", Team USA Breaker:
"From this, from us being in the Olympics, it’s going to grow. There’s going to be a new generation of kids that are going to want to do it."
15. Mid of Edra competing on stage
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Logan Edra / "b-girl Logistx", Team USA breaker:
"I hope there’s kids that see breaking in the Olympics and go, ‘I want to try that.’"
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SOUNDBITE (English) Victor Montalvo, Team USA Breaker:
"I’m super excited to bring like the hip hop culture to the Olympics because we’re going to bring something new to the table, we’re going to bring a vibe, we’re going to bring peace, love, unity and having fun."
BREAKING — MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS BREAK DANCING — IS MAKING ITS DEBUT AT THE OLYMPICS THIS YEAR.
SOUNDBITE (English) Victor Montalvo, Team USA Breaker:
"No, there is a lot of pressure, because this is like, our first Olympics and we want to show breaking at its best ability."
TEAM USA’S ATHLETES ARE SERVING AS AMBASSADORS TO THE COUNTRY WHERE BREAKING – AND THE BROADER CULTURE OF HIP-HOP – ORIGINATED 51 YEARS AGO.
SOUNDBITE (English) Logan Edra, Team USA Breaker:
"Many may not know, but breaking is one of the four main elements of hip-hop and to be able to represent that on the Olympic platform, for me, I think it could change the world, because I truly believe that hip-hop changes lives."
SOUNDBITE (English) Victor Montalvo, Team USA Breaker:
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SOUNDBITE (English) Logan Edra, Team USA Breaker:
THE COMPETITION TAKES PLACE ON AUGUST 9TH AND 10TH.
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