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Australia’s Jeffrey Dan Arpie Dunne, known as B-Boy J Attack competes during the B-Boys round robin battle for the breaking competition at La Concorde Urban Park at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Amid breaking’s uncertain future as an Olympic sport, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) and DanceSport Australia have been putting effort towards the long game, establishing the infrastructure needed to ensure that the sport is alive and well when the time comes to decide the disciplines for the Brisbane 2032 Olympics. Earlier in November, the organizations officially announced the inaugural Brisbane World Breaking DanceSport Festival, set to take place at Brisbane City Hall from January 17-18, 2026. This event marks a significant strategic pivot for the region. Rather than a one-off that only pays lip service to supporting breaking in Oceania, the festival is designed to be an annual fixture, a “major step forward” according to the WDSF, intended to cultivate a consistent high-performance environment six years out from the 2032 Games in the same area. A Pathway To Dakar 2026 The the Brisbane festival also comes at an appropriate time and is connected to the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, taking place October 31 to November 13, 2026. With breaking absent from Los Angeles 2028, Dakar 2026 is breaking’s primary presence in the Olympic movement, for now at least. The Brisbane event will feature WDSF Breaking for Gold World Series categories, but crucially, it includes specific divisions for Youth B-Boys and B-Girls. These competitions, as far as the WDSF rules state, count towards the participation requirement in order to qualify for Dakar 2026, similar to the Youth division of the 2025 World Championships in Porto. This focus on the youth cohort…

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