Olympic Games Paris 2024
Venue: Place de la Concorde, Paris, France
From the musical world to the sporting world, breaking has finally made its way to the world's largest sporting event. The women's breaking event will be held at the Place de la Concorde on August 9 from 14:00 GMT, with the final battle starting at 19:23 GMT. With 41-year-old former kindergarten teacher Ayumi Fukushima among young lasses like 671, it is now left to see how experience battles fresh Gen Z. Below are breaking outright winner odds and expert betting tips.
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No doubt, the breaking battle is as old as man, but in recent years, the Red Bull BC One and Battle of the Year have become the two big names in breaking. Breaking debuted in the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2018. However, in the 2024 Summer Olympics, it was announced that 9 judges would score each battle with 6 criteria considered. The criteria include creativity, personality, technique, variety, performativity, and musicality. Creativity and performativity carry 60%, and personality, technique, variety, and musicality account for 40% of the score per battle.
Like the men's event, the women's event will also feature 16 participants each, with the 16th and 17th-ranked breakers involving in a prequalification battle to pick one breaker to join the other 15 B-girls.
671, Ami, Nicka and Ayumi Lead as Talash and Raygun Sit in the Underdogs' Seats
Liu Qingyi is considered the favorite to win the first gold ever in breaking. She is one of the best breakers in the world at such a tender age. She came to the limelight in 2019, and ever since then, she has shown exceptional talent, and she is no doubt the future of breaking. She earned her qualification for Paris 2024 after she won the inaugural gold medal in women's breaking at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. She had won silver at the 2022 World Championships, losing to B-girl Ami.
However, B-girl Ami is one of the big names in breaking after she won gold at the 2022 World Games in the dancesport competition. In the meantime, 41-year-old Ayumi Fukshima is still standing strong for the last dance. With the gold medal thrown open due to the recent accomplishments of these women, we will surely see many surprising results in Paris.
| Olympics Summer Games 2024 B-Girls | Winner Odds |
| Qingyi Liu - 671 | 3.75 |
| Ami Yuasa - Ami | 4.00 |
| Dominika Banevic - Nicka | 4.75 |
| Ayumi Fukshima - Ayumi | 5.50 |
| Sya Dembele - Syssy | 9.00 |
| India Sardjoe - India | 11.00 |
| Logan Elanna Edra - Logistx | 15.00 |
| Kateryna Pavlenko - Kate | 21.00 |
| Antilai Sandrini - Anti | 21.00 |
| Anna Ponomarenko - Stefani | 23.00 |
| Sunny Choi - Sunny | 29.00 |
| Vanessa Cartaxo Farinha - Vamessa | 51.00 |
| Yingying Zeng – Yingzi | 67.00 |
| Fatima El-Mamounyl – Elmamouny | 67.00 |
| Carlota Dudek – Senorita Carlota | 101.00 |
| Rachael Gunn – Raygun | 126.00 |
| Manizha Talash — Talash | 176.00 |
Odds Courtesy of Bet365 as of 23rd July 2024. Odds may now differ
Expert Betting Tips
Qingyi Liu might have topped the winner’s odds list, but I am rooting for B-girls Ayumi. The former kindergarten teacher is the most experienced breaker on the list and experience is needed in a situation where talent conflicts. The 41-year-old Japanese became the first-ever woman to compete at the Red Bull BC One World Finals in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in November 2017–when Qingyi Liu was just 11. She won gold at the 2021 WDSF World Breaking Championship in Paris and bronze at the 2022 World Games and the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. The time is now for her to make his final bow in the breaking and I am backing her to get the gold over these young lasses.
OUR PREDICTION: Ayumi Fukshima - Ayumi to win