{"id":8658,"date":"2024-08-10T18:56:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T18:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/?p=8658"},"modified":"2024-08-10T18:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T18:59:56","slug":"from-skeptic-to-fan-olympic-break-dancing-is-now-one-of-my-favorite-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/2024\/08\/10\/from-skeptic-to-fan-olympic-break-dancing-is-now-one-of-my-favorite-events\/","title":{"rendered":"From Skeptic To Fan \u2013 Olympic Break Dancing Is Now One Of My Favorite Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have to admit, I was close-minded about breakdancing being in the Olympics. It was like my craft beer to an old-school Budweiser drinker\u2014I just didn\u2019t understand it. But just as they might fall in love with a hazy IPA if they actually gave it a chance, I\u2019ve done the same with breakdancing, and it\u2019s now one of my favorite events. As someone who grew up watching breakdancing as a kid, it\u2019s pretty cool to see it as an Olympic sport now. I will say this: while the women\u2019s competition was entertaining, it wasn\u2019t as good as the men\u2019s. However, I\u2019m very happy that I gave it a chance, and I\u2019m hopeful it will be part of the Olympics in 2028.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/9yzCrHtN3OLsFgbO.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to admit, I was close-minded about breakdancing being in the Olympics. It was like my craft beer to an old-school Budweiser drinker\u2014I just didn\u2019t understand it. But just as they might fall in love with a hazy IPA if they actually gave it a chance, I\u2019ve done the same with breakdancing, and it\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1947,15],"tags":[2809,2810,2811,2808,1042],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8658"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8664,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8658\/revisions\/8664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yesiball.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}