Rebecca Cohen is a breaking news reporter for NBC News.
Get ready for plenty of how-did-they-do-that moments when the Paris Games introduce break-dancing as an official Olympic sport. Bodies will be contorted, gravity will seemingly be defied, and athletes will be showcasing “headspins,” “windmills” and “freeze” moves — and it will all be set to music.
The competitors will show off their best moves as they try to keep up with the beat of the DJ's tracks, improvising to stay alive in the dance battle with a combination of 'power moves,' including windmills, the 6-step and freezes, according to the Paris Olympics. Judges will then vote, paving the way for the first breaking medalists in Olympic history. Who is on the U.S. Olympic breaking team? The U.S.
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