South Korea's Freshbella (Jeon Ji-ye) is performing on stage at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games Breaking Pre-Selection held at the Archer Canal Sports Park Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the afternoon of the 6th.
Five Korean athletes, including B-boy Kim Hong-yeol (38, Hong10) and B-girl Jeon Ji-ye (24, Freshbella), will compete in the final preliminary round of breaking, which was adopted as an official event for the first time at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The Korea Dance Sports Federation (KFD) announced on the 26th (Korean time) that Kim Heon-woo (36, Wing), Kim Hong-yeol, and Park In-soo (31, KILL) in the men's division and Jeon Ji-ye and Kwon Seong-hee (27, Starry) in the women's division will participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics breaking final qualifying round. It was announced that participation was confirmed.
The final qualifying round, in which 40 players for both men and women will participate, will be held twice in Shanghai, China in May and in Budapest, Hungary in June. According to the final results of both competitions, if you rank 7th or higher out of 40 people, you will receive a ticket to the Paris Olympics finals.
World-class players such as Isshin Ishikawa (Japan, Issin) and Menno van Horf (Netherlands, Menno) in the men's division, and Ami Yuasa (Japan, Ami), Ayumi Fukushima (Japan, Ayumi) and Anna Ponomarenko (Ukraine, Stefani) in the women's division. I put my name up.
In Korea, Kim Hong-yeol won the silver medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, which was adopted as an official event for the first time, and won the first Asian Games medal in Korean breaking history.
KFD Chairman Kang Il-sung said, “I am proud of the national breaking athletes who have the opportunity to challenge the final hurdle to qualify for the Paris Olympics.” He added, “The Paris Olympics are a significant event where breaking is introduced as an official Olympic sport for the first time, so Korean athletes will be good candidates.” “I hope we get results,” he said. 스포츠토토