HANGZHOU, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) — China’s Liu Qingyi edged Ami Yuasa of Japan 2-1, whereas Japan’s Shigeyuki Nakarai beat South Korean veteran Kim Hongyul 2-1 to respectively declare ladies’s and males’s breakdancing gold medals on the Hangzhou Asian Games on Saturday.
With their wins, each Liu and Nakarai certified for breakdancing – or breaking, as it’s identified in official competitions – occasions on the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Liu had misplaced to Yuasa 2-1 to accept silver within the 2022 WDSF World Breaking Championships held in South Korea, and the Chinese received her revenge by exhibiting her highly effective strikes and good sense of rhythm in Hangzhou.
“It was not easy to get the gold medal, I always competed in overseas countries this year, which was a challenge to me. Getting an Olympic ticket made me more confident. I hope I can do well in Paris,” 17-year-old Liu stated.
21-year-old Nakarai had earlier crushed China’s Qi Xiangyu 3-0 within the semifinals, and praised his competitor. “I feel that Chinese dancers have become increasingly powerful through the Hangzhou Asian Games, and I think that breakdancing is developing very quickly in China,” Nakarai stated.