Gold medallist B-Boy Phil Wizard of Team Canada celebrates his win. GETTY IMAGES

Breaking’s inaugural run in The Olympics concluded Saturday to packed stands watching the B-Boys dance off accompanied by DJs pumping out hip-hop classics and MCs hyping up the crowd, including International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach, who was bobbing his head and clapping.

Philip Kim, a.k.a. B-Boy Phil Wizard, won the inaugural men’s breaking gold in Paris’ Place de la Concorde on Saturday. The Canadian beat France’s B-Boy Dany Dann in the final with B-Boy Victor of USA taking bronze.

B-Boy Phil Wizard won the first men's breaking gold in a fierce battle against France's Dany Dann. GETTY IMAGES
B-Boy Phil Wizard won the first men's breaking gold in a fierce battle against France's Dany Dann. GETTY IMAGES

Kim said after his historic win that he hoped it "opens doors to people" involved in the high-energy dance sport.

"I hope that today was a perfect example of showing the world how incredible breaking is – that was truly my only goal here," said the 27-year-old, a former world champion.

It was a tough competition as Kim said the panel of judges were looking for "something new every round".

"You may well think it’s the most explosive, crazy dynamic movements that score the most points," he said in this post-final interview. “But in breaking, there’s a lot of different categories and the most important thing is originality and diversity of movement.”



B-girl Talash crashes out over political stunt

The day before, the women’s final saw Japan’s B-Girl Ami win the sport’s first gold in a sweeping 3-0 victory. The women’s battles were electric, but not without a hitch. Friday’s competition saw one of the B-Girls disqualified as she left the stage.

Olympic Refugee Team breakdancer Manizha Talash from Afghanistan was disqualified from the breaking competition after she wore a cape saying "Free Afghan Women", the World DanceSport Federation told Agence France-Presse on Saturday.

"Refugee athlete B-girl Talash, was disqualified for displaying a political slogan on her attire in violation of Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter," the association said in a statement to AFP.

That rule states that "no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas."