Kim Hong-yeol, First Korean B-boy to Compete in Olympics

Kim Hong-yeol, First Korean B-boy to Compete in Olympics… 3rd Place in OQS 2nd Competition

2nd place in the combined total of the 1st and 2nd Olympic qualifying rounds

Kim Hong-yeol (Hongten, Dobong-gu Office) has become the first Korean B-boy to earn a ticket to the Olympics, creating another legend.

On the morning of the 24th (Korean time), in the 2nd Paris Olympic Qualifier Series (OQS) B-boy 3rd/4th place match held in Budapest, Hungary, Kim Hong-yeol defeated Japan's Issin Hashikawa 2-1 (2-7 8-1 9-0) to take 3rd place.

OQS is the Olympic qualifying competition for the breaking event, which was first adopted as an official event at the Paris Olympics, and 10 tickets to the Olympics are at stake. 바카라사이트

Kim Hong-yeol, who earned 38 points by coming in fourth place in the first competition held in Shanghai, China last month, added 41 points by winning a bronze medal in the second competition.

Kim Hong-yeol, who accumulated a combined 79 points in the first and second competitions, confidently secured a ticket to Paris by coming in second place, following Netherlands' Leirau Demirer (Lee, 100 points), who won both competitions in a row.

In Paris, 16 men and 16 women competed to become the 'first Olympic gold medalist', with 'legend' Kim Hong-yeol becoming the only Korean breakdance player to step onto the Olympic stage.

Kim Hong-yeol countered with a witty repertoire to Isshin, who showed off a series of difficult techniques in the 3rd and 4th place matches.

Isshin showed off two thousand (a technique in which one hand holds the axis while doing a handstand, the other hand holds the wrist of the axis hand, and then spins around), air track (a technique in which one handstands with both arms while powerfully rotating both legs and spinning around), and one-hand freeze (a technique in which one handstands and stops for several seconds).

Kim Hong-yeol livened up the atmosphere with flashy footwork and humorous expressions to the rhythm of bouncy music, and drew cheers from the audience with a natural power move connection from Thomas (a technique of sitting with both hands on the ground, lifting the hips and spinning using the centrifugal force of both legs) to Air Track.

In the last round, he stole the judges' hearts with a freeze for about 10 seconds.

Kim Hong-yeol was placed in Group B in the previous round of 16 round robin, and with an overwhelming performance of not giving up a single round, he took first place in the group and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Kim Hong-yeol, who easily defeated his first opponent, Sunni Sazzali Brumit (Sunni, England), 2-0 (9-0 9-0), defeated Amir Zakirov (Amir, Kazakhstan) 2-0 (8-1 9-0) in the second match, and also defeated his final opponent, Ciss Bakeljau (CIS, Belgium), 2-0 (7-2 9-0).

Kim Hong-yeol, who received a total of 51 votes in three group matches in the round of 16, advanced to the quarterfinals in a good mood, far ahead of Issin Hashikawa (Issin, Japan), who came in second overall (40 votes), and Lee.

Kim Hong-yeol defeated Menno Van Hoof (Menno, Netherlands) 2-1 (7-2 9-0 1-8) in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals.

Kim Hong-yeol, who met Lee in the semifinals, lost 0-3 (0-9 4-5 2-7) and failed to advance to the finals. 토토사이트

He was not enough to defeat Lee, who showed off difficult power moves such as the air track and the windmill, which involves placing your shoulders and back on the floor and using the centrifugal force of both legs to rotate.

Bigol Jeon Ji-ye (Freshbella, Seoul City Hall) and Kwon Sung-hee (Starry, Dobong-gu Office) failed to advance to the round of 16.

Jeon Ji-ye finished last in Group C in the round of 16 round robin, finishing the second competition in 14th place.

Jeon Ji-ye, who had placed 18th and earned 23 points in the first competition, finished in 11th place with a combined score of 50 points from the first and second competitions, narrowly missing out on an Olympic ticket.

Kwon Sung-hee finished in 3rd place in Group B and failed to advance to the quarterfinals.

She finished in 9th place in the second competition.

Kwon Sung-hee earned 43 points, including 11 points (30th place) from the first competition and 32 points from the second competition, and finished in 19th place.

Meanwhile, B-boy Kim Heon-woo (Wing, Seoul City Hall), who failed to advance to the round of 16 in this competition, finished in 14th place in the combined first and second rounds, and Park In-su (Kill) finished in 30th place.