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The International Olympic Committee has given the go-ahead for a number of new sports to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. According to CNN, one notable newcomer will be breakdancing. It will be the first DanceSport event to appear at an Olympic Games, having been staged at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires two years ago. The IOC executive board also announced that skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing will be featured in Paris, too. Those three events were due to debut at the postponed Tokyo Games. Today is a historic occasion, not only for b-boys and b-girls but for all dancers around the world. Shawn Tay President, World DanceSport Federation
As the Tokyo Olympics draw to a close, a flypast above the French capital marks the handover of the Games to Paris. IMAGES
A group of around 50 protesters demonstrate outside Tokyo's Olympic Stadium, chanting "We don't need the Olympics, nor the Paralympics!" and "Stop the closing ceremony!" as the curtain falls on the biggest sports event since the pandemic. IMAGES
Sao Paulo / Rio de Janeiro / Brasilia, Aug 7 (EFE).- The trio of silver medals won by Brazilian skateboarders at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo has fueled a craze for the sport in their homeland.Only host nation Japan did better than Brazil in the debut of skateboarding as an Olympic discipline, grabbing five of the 12 medals available across the four events.Kelvin Hoefler and Pedro Barros took silver in the men's street and men's park events, respectively, but Rayssa Leal's second-place finish in the women's street competition has had the biggest impact in Brazil. (Camera: WALLACE CARVALHO/ JANAÍNA QUINET/ ALEX MIRKHAN).B-ROLL OF PEOPLE SKATEBOARDING IN SAO PAULO, RIO DE JANEIRO AND BRASILIA, BRAZIL.
Tokyo, Aug 8 (EFE).- (Camera: Miguel Ángel Moreno). The Tokyo Olympic Games concluded this Sunday with a closing ceremony that was surrounded by mixed feelings until the end, with dances and a DJ at the Olympic Stadium and protests in an exterior surrounded by the police.FOOTAGEOF THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE STADIUM WHERE THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE TOKYO 2020 AND THE PROTESTS AGAINST TAKEN PLACE.SOUNDBITES OF: 1- Takamichi Masui."To try to see the competitions, as there was no public, I went outside some venues. In Aomi, from a park, I saw sport climbing, but only a small part of the stage. In Ariake urban park, from outside Yurikamome station I saw the Freestyle BMX. In Odaiba I saw part of the mixed relays. "2- Minoru."In this situation, the medical system is on the verge of collapse, the covid is not over yet. I think that if that money is spent for the Olympics, it should be used for the welfare of the people, that is, if you spend this money (indirectly) it is causing the death of people. "3.- Atsushi Futatami"My University is near here, when I saw an event near an area that I knew, I decided to approach it today, although I could not come at the inauguration, and since it has been a wonderful Games.Now I can't get close to the stadium ... But I have been able to see the night view. I was also able to enjoy the great performance of the athletes. "
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