On June 7, 2023, 10, the last day of the first break dance event of the Asian Games, after several rounds of fierce competition among the players, the China break dance national team won two "first" medals: Qi Xiangyu won the third place in the men's team, which was the first medal in the break dance event in the history of the Asian Games; Liu Qingyi, a girl from Henan, won the women's team championship, which was the first gold medal for women's break dancing in the history of the Asian Games.

With this gold medal, Liu Qingyi got the qualification to participate in the break dance competition of the Paris Olympic Games. At the press conference after the game, she said that she was very happy. "Thanks to my coaching team, thanks to my motherland for giving me this opportunity, and thanks to me for persevering." For Liu Qingyi, Qi Xiangyu and other first national team members, they witnessed the change of break dancing from folk subculture to the highest sports event. Their original intention of practicing break dancing may not be for honor, but their efforts will not be disappointed.

Introduction to break dancing

On February 7th, 2020, at 65438, the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee held a meeting and agreed to add four major events, including break dancing, skateboarding, surfing and rock climbing, to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Break dancing belongs to "sports dance". Nine days later, OCA immediately announced that break dancing had become the official event of Hangzhou Asian Games.

Break dancing can be divided into four parts: rock steps, leg movements, air freezing and overall movements. Compared with other forms of street dance, the advantage of break dancing as a sport is that a large number of movements can be measured and scored by standards. However, according to the rules customized by the World Sports Dance Federation, judges will not only pay attention to the skill and diversity of movements, but also the integrity, musicality and even personality of performances will become the judging criteria. Only the movements with difficulty and skill can't get high marks.