"Breaking is burgeoning in popularity across the globe and will soon be an Olympic sport. But as it crosses over into the mainstream, the practice risks losing its subcultural edge"

Over two weeks, critic Linda Holmes watched every Olympic discipline, from archery to wrestling. Fast sports, slow sports, graceful sports and hard crashes. As it turned out, they're all beautiful.

My 4-year-old buried his head in my hip and let out a short, gaspy shriek. It could have been thrill. It could have been fear. Maybe both? We were watching a video of Simone Biles’s qualifying floor routine at the Tokyo Olympics — the first _...Read More_

>"The competition for soft power is at the heart of the Olympics. This year, the opening ceremony will be crucial for Japan."

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