Phil Wizard dances to the top of the podium in breaking’s Olympic debut – Team Canada

It was yet one more history-making second for Group Canada as Phil Wizard (Philip Kim) gained gold within the Olympic debut of breaking at Paris 2024.

In an exhilarating battle on the stage at La Concorde, the 27-year-old Canadian b-boy took on host nation favorite Dany Dann within the ultimate. By the point the battle got here to an in depth, Wizard had the gang on their ft, as they acknowledged the unimaginable ability and magnificence that they had seen him show.

It was a formidable present placed on by the Canadian as he gained all three rounds. Although the Frenchman managed to earn 4 votes in opening spherical whereas Wizard bought 5, the subsequent two rounds have been shutouts as Wizard earned the votes of all 9 judges in each.

To get into the gold medal ultimate, Wizard needed to face off with high seed Shigekix of Japan within the semifinal in a battle of two of the game’s largest stars. The Canadian bought the nod from the judges in all three rounds, incomes 17 votes to 10 for his Japanese opponent. Whereas the primary spherical was tight, with Wizard profitable 5-4, he took every of the subsequent two rounds 6-3.

That semifinal victory adopted a dominant efficiency within the quarterfinals during which he defeated Lee of the Netherlands 3-0 (19-8 in votes).