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☆ ‘Headspin hole’: Man develops foot-long scalp tumor after decades of breakdancing
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Jeffrey Kopp | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Researchers in Denmark have published a case report revealing an unexpected consequence of one of breakdancing’s most iconic moves: the headspin. Breakdancing, or breaking as it’s called by its athletes, made its debut as an official sport at the 2024 Paris Olympics. These can include carpal tunnel syndrome and other nerve problems, as well as a condition known in the breaking community as headspin hole, an overuse injury that can affect the scalp. “This repetitive strain on the skull, scalp and skin likely triggers inflammation, and over time, minor bleeding may lead to thickened skin and scar tissue, forming the characteristic bulge.” Søndergaard, a co-author of the case report, treated the patient. The patient’s head before and after surgery to remove a noncancerous tumor caused by years of breakdancing.

Persons: ”, Christian Baastrup Søndergaard, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, “ Organizations: CNN, Breakers, breakdancing, CNN Health Locations: Denmark, Copenhagen

☆ Raygun: Australian breaker praised for her ‘courage’ and ‘character’ after viral performances at the Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Rachael Gunn arrived in Paris as a competitive breaker excited to make her Olympic debut. Recently, that took her all the way to the Paris Olympics, where 32 athletes – known as B-boys and B-girls – were competing at the Games for the first time. Raygun competes against Logistx at the Paris Olympics. “All my moves are original,” Raygun said after competing in Paris. Raygun said that all of her breaking moves are original.

Persons: Rachael Gunn, Gunn –, Raygun, –, USA’s Logistx, France’s, Lithuania’s Nicka, Adele, Harry Langer, ” Raygun, “, ”, Martin Gilian, Sergey Nifontov, ” Gunn, Ezra Shaw, ” Anna Meares Organizations: CNN, Paris Olympics, Games, Concorde, Twitter, Sydney’s Macquarie University, Logistx, Oceania, Olympics, DanceSport, Getty, Olympic, International Olympic Committee Locations: Paris, Sydney, Australia, Munich, New York City, Los Angeles

Menno van Gorp competes during the World Breaking Championships in Leuven, Belgium, in 2023. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP/FileTo the tune of a Miles Davis trumpet solo, Menno van Gorp is stepping up his training ahead of this year’s Paris Olympics. “I love to practice on jazz,” van Gorp tells CNN Sport. “We’re under the flag of sports now, but to me, it’s still also an art,” says van Gorp, who calls himself an “artlete” on social media. It was in winning the UK championships in 2007 that van Gorp says he “exploded onto the scene” and started to compete more regularly.

Persons: Menno van Gorp, Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Miles Davis, van Gorp’s, ” van Gorp, Menno, “, it’s, ”, van Gorp, aren’t, ” Van Gorp, Gorp Organizations: Paris Olympics, CNN Sport, Tilburg, Red Bull, South Locations: Leuven, Belgium, Paris, Netherlands, New York, South Korean

☆ U.S. women's rugby team's recent $4M gift is momentous for the sport: 'We've always wanted to be included'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Earlier this week, the U.S. women's rugby sevens team earned their first Olympic medal in history, and it marks a positive turn for the women's sport that's been overlooked for decades. I mean, there's no other way to put it," says Phaidra Knight, a former U.S. women's rugby sevens team player and World Rugby Hall of Fame inductee. "It will have incredible and substantial implications for the future of not only women's rugby, but rugby in America." When Knight became a player on the U.S. National Rugby union team, which is different from the sevens team, in 1999, the program didn't receive funding, she says. Many professional rugby players join the U.S. National union teams prior to joining a sevens team; four national teams are under USA Rugby.

Persons: Phaidra Knight, Sunny Choi, ’, Michele Kang, Knight Organizations: rugby, World Rugby Hall of Fame, U.S . National Rugby union, U.S . National, USA Rugby, U.S Locations: U.S, America, Paris

☆ 35-year-old Wharton grad quit her six-figure job to breakdance in the Olympics: 'For the first time, I was betting on myself'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Around this time in 2022, Sunny Choi had a six-figure salary, an apartment in New York City and a job as director of global creative operations at Estée Lauder. I had kind of resigned myself to [thinking] this might be my life forever because of the relative financial stability." "I thought this was probably the best opportunity I'd get, timing-wise, to make this kind of a jump," she said. The decision to leave Estée Lauder and her salary wasn't easy. She called the prospect of stepping away from her job and into financial uncertainty "extremely challenging and very, very scary."

Persons: Sunny Choi, Estée Lauder, Still, Choi, I'd Organizations: Wharton, Generation, Scholastic, CNBC, Team USA Locations: New York City, Estée

☆ Hong Kong plumber’s Olympic breakdancing dream goes down the toilet
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The 30-year-old, who is also known as ‘Ex,’ finished 52nd at the World DanceSport Federation Olympic qualification event in Hong Kong in December, and 130th globally, putting paid to his chances of performing on the biggest stage of all this summer. If I were to push myself like I did in previous years, I might not even be able to. After being added to the Paris programme in 2020, breaking was dropped for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. After representing Hong Kong in competitions from Brazil to Japan, Cheung said breaking needed as much exposure as possible to flourish. It’s important for promoting the culture,” said Cheung, who sported tattooed arms and silver tunnel earrings.

Persons: Cheung, ’, ”, “ I’m Organizations: Reuters, Paris Games, World DanceSport, Olympic Locations: Hong Kong, Chung, “, Paris, Los Angeles, Brazil, Japan

☆ Menno van Gorp: ‘Breaking has total freedom for me,’ says medal hopeful in the newest Olympic sport
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —To the tune of a Miles Davis trumpet solo, Menno van Gorp is stepping up his training ahead of this year’s Paris Olympics. “I love to practice on jazz,” van Gorp tells CNN Sport. “I’m building here a dance studio in Rotterdam and I’m working also on the new generation here,” van Gorp explains. In order to qualify for the Games, van Gorp will hope to earn selection via the Olympic Qualifier Series in May and June. “If you want to make art,” says van Gorp, “you want to make something that’s really you – not somebody else.”

Persons: Miles Davis, Menno van Gorp, van Gorp’s, ” van Gorp, Menno, “, it’s, ”, van Gorp, Van Gorp, Daphne Plomp, aren’t, ” Van Gorp, you’re, Gorp, Little Shao, calisthenics, van, Baptiste Fauchille, –, that’s Organizations: CNN, Paris Olympics, CNN Sport, Tilburg, Red Bull, South, DanceSport, Olympics, Games Locations: Paris, Netherlands, New York, Mumbai, India, South Korean, Rotterdam, Lyon, France

Cricket is an Olympic sport again. Five sports were finally added to the 2028 Los Angeles Games by the International Olympic Committee on Monday with baseball-softball, lacrosse and squash also confirmed for the program. All five were voted in as a single package with two “no” votes from about 90 IOC members in the room. “We want L.A. 2028 to have the same springboard effect for our five sports,” Los Angeles organizing committee chairman Casey Wasserman told IOC members. Football in its full-contact form was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Olympics when Los Angeles first hosted the Summer Games.

Persons: Casey Wasserman, “, Greg Barclay, Roger Goodell, Tidjane, William Blick, Niccolo Campriani, ” Wasserman, Wasserman, ”, Syed Shahid Ali of Pakistan, Guy Drut, Drut, ___ Organizations: Flag football, Los Angeles Games, International Olympic, IOC, Olympic, India, ” International Cricket, Flag, NFL, MLB, Football, Los Angeles, Lacrosse, Summer, French IOC Locations: Olympic, Mumbai, India, Los Angeles, Paris, Africa, Ivory Coast, Uganda, U.S, Angeles, Ukraine, Israel, Russia, Gaza

The two-week Asian Games offer a glimpse at a changing Mongolia, a vast nation sandwiched between China and Russia with only 3.3 million people. And there's also a bronze medal in men’s 3x3 basketball, where Mongolia edged South Korea 21-20. Mongolia has just over 400 athletes at the Asian Games, less than half the size of large delegations from China, Japan or South Korea. She called herself “a novice” breakdancer but has practiced with at least one member of the Mongolian team, Gan-Ulzii Ganbalt. “My generation is trying to change the way Mongolia is seen," she said.

Persons: —, Genghis Khan, “, breakdancing, Myagmarjav, ”, Mongolia’s, Chinzong Baatarsukh, there's, Tugstur Dashzevge, esports, “ There’s, Amarasana Chimeddorj, Majigsuren Organizations: breakdancing, Asian Games, Associated Press, Olympics, Soviet Union, “, Monaco, Mongolian Locations: HANGZHOU, China, Mongolia, Russia, America, Soviet, Ulaanbaatar, Asia, South Korea, Japan, Niger, Mongolian, Gan

☆ British photographer Normski celebrates 50 years of hip hop
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Sarah Mills | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] British photographer Normski who made his name photographing the hip hop scene in the 1980s and 1990s speaks during an interview with Reuters, in London, Britain August 21, 2023. REUTERS/Gerry Mey Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - British photographer Normski says he took pictures of some of the greatest exponents of hip hop music, which this month celebrated its 50th anniversary, at least in part because he couldn't breakdance. Born in 1966 in northwest London into a Jamaican family, Normski is seven years older than hip hop, which dates from a party in New York's Bronx on Aug. 11, 1973. "To me, hip hop is a voice for those who never had a voice. He described himself as "a little innocent Black guy with a camera" whose approach was to be as spontaneous as hip hop music often is.

Persons: Normski, Gerry Mey, breakdance, we've, I’ve, Sarah Mills, Barbara Lewis Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS, Britain's Museum of Youth, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, New York's Bronx, New York, Manchester, England

☆ Adidas turnaround gathers pace as Yeezy boosts margins
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Helen Reid | Thomson Reuters | London-Based Reporter Covering The European Retail Sector Through A Global Lens. Focusing On Companies Including Adidas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Adidas has to manage Yeezy drops very carefully, Gulden said, adding that the company's guidance was conservative. Adidas' 2023 outlook does not include the second Yeezy release, which is being sold through retailers as well as Adidas' own channels. JD Sports (JD.L) said it had started selling Yeezy shoes from the second drop on Wednesday. Citi analysts expect further Yeezy drops to generate 1.5 billion euros ($1.64 billion) in revenues and 700 million euros in earnings after Adidas' planned charity donations. Adidas donated 10 million euros in the second quarter and set aside 100 million euros for further donations to charities including the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism and the Anti-Defamation League.

Persons: Bjorn Gulden's, Ye, Gulden, Harm Ohlmeyer, Kanye West, Shannon Stapleton, Zuzanna Pusz, Pusz, Liu Qingyi, Shuting Qiu, Helen Reid, Mark Potter, Jan Harvey, Alistair Bell Organizations: FX, Adidas, JD, Citi, Foundation, Combat, Defamation League, ADIDAS, REUTERS, UBS, North, Thomson Locations: Garden City , New York, U.S, Greater China, China, Shanghai, North America

☆ Yeezy destocking helps lift Adidas sales outlook
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Helen Reid | Thomson Reuters | London-Based Reporter Covering The European Retail Sector Through A Global Lens. Focusing On Companies Including Adidas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Sales of surplus Yeezy shoes generated around 400 million euros ($437 million) in the second quarter, helping Adidas reduce its predicted loss for the year to 450 million euros, down from the 700 million euro loss previously expected. JD Sports (JD.L) said it had started selling Yeezy products from Adidas' second release of Yeezy shoes on Wednesday. Adidas said its 2023 outlook does not include the second Yeezy release. Citi analysts expect further Yeezy drops to generate 1.5 billion euros in revenues and 700 million euros in earnings after Adidas' planned charity donations. North America was the laggard, with sales dropping 16.4% in currency-neutral terms, which Adidas put down to high inventory levels there.

Persons: Kanye West, Shannon Stapleton, Bjorn Gulden's, Ye, Cristina Fernandez, Fernandez, Gulden, Liu Qingyi, Shuting Qiu, Helen Reid, Sonali Paul, Mark Potter, Jan Harvey Organizations: Adidas, REUTERS, FX, Foundation, Combat, Defamation League, Telsey, JD, Citi, North, Thomson Locations: Garden City , New York, U.S, New York, Greater China, China, Shanghai, North America

The moves - with names like top rock and down rock - are part of a training programme by Gaza coach Ahmed Al-Ghraiz, who says he uses dance as therapy to help children kick away fears and release tension. "Some children come to me and say they are tired, they look withered, which means they neither rest enough nor have a deep sleep. Dance is used around the world as a therapeutic practice alongside traditional counselling and other rehabilitation efforts aiming to ease anxiety, depression, anger and post-traumatic stress. In 2022, UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund said nearly 500,000 children in Gaza needed psychological care. The acrobatic dance style will be included for the first time as a sport in the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

☆ Breakdance-ul devine sport olimpic. Acesta a fost inclus în programul definitiv la Jocurile Olimpice 2024 de la Paris
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-09 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Breakdance-ul devine sport olimpic. Preferat karate-ului, prezent la Tokyo, sau biliardului, breakdance-ul (mai degrabă numit „breaking” de comunitate) reprezintă voinţa CIO de a moderniza cea mai mare competiţie polisportivă din lume şi de a creşte audienţa. „Alături de escaladă, surf şi skateboard, ne-am propus să punem în lumină discipline inclusive, captivante şi care pot fi practicate în afara arenelor sportive tradiţionale”, a explicat Thomas Bach. Pentru a face loc noilor discipline, forul olimpic internaţional le-a inserat în rândul celor 28 de discipline permanente de la Jocurile de vară, hotărând chiar să reducă numărul global de sportivi angajaţi. Numărul probelor mixte va trece de la 18 la Tokyo la 22 la Paris, graţie în special iahtingului, iar atletismul, boxului şi ciclismul vor ajunge pentru prima oară la paritate.

Persons: Thomas Bach Organizations: Internaţional, CIO Locations: Paris, Tokyo

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