The dutch athelete, competing under the stage name ‘India’, defeated refugee team members B-girl talash in the opening match of the women’s breaking events.
India’s quest for gold at the Paris Olympics 2024 has come to an end of the Neeraj Chopra had to settle for silver in the javelin throw final but in surprising twist India has made history in the sport of breaking the country name echoed through the arena but as the the settled a,surprising revelation came to light India the country did not field any athlete in breaking at the 2024 olympics in state the B- girl India who made headlines is actually 18 year old India Sardjoe form hague , Netherlands .
The Dutch athlete, competing under the stage name ‘India’ defeated refugee team member be girl talash in the opening match of the ‘women’s breaking’ event. she was then group athletes from China, the United States, and Portugal in group A.
Unlike most b-girls and b-boys , India Sardjoe prefers using her real name as her stage name.she made history by becoming the first ever winner of a breaking battles at the olympics.
Ms India started playing football as a child before switching to hip-hop and later transitioned to breakdancing . At just 10 years old, she won the dutch national championship in the under 12 category she than went want to become the Dutch European and world champion in the Spain of just 6 months in 2022.
Now the confused surrounding India participation in breaking at the Paris Olympics has been put to rest with the country actually fielding 17 athletes across values sports and bringing home 6 medal 5 bronze and one silver the participating countries in breaking at the Paris Olympics 2024 where Canada, Japan, France, Lithuania, China ,and the United States.
Breaking ?
Breaking is a high energy dance style that started in the US in the 1970s grew out of hip hop culture in the bronx ,New York where block parties where all the rage.breaking is known for it is acrobatic moves ,footwork and the important role of the DJ and MC in hyping of the crowd during battles by the 1990s breaking head spread globally with international competitions that help it again popularity among Hip Hop fans and beyond.
Breaking made in Olympic debut in pairs the dance form was first introduced at the 2018 summer youth Olympic games in Buenos Aires due to it is success it was added to the Paris 2024 Olympics program as a new sport.