Breakdancing has been added to the roster of official sports that will appear during the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris according to the Associated Press. 

The news outlet reported that the International Olympic Committee is hoping to appeal to younger viewers by adding more modern sports like skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing.

Breakdancing is now an Olympic sport and will debut in 2024.

Here's a look back at what the dancers themselves had to say while the sport was still being considered. pic.twitter.com/V7fstenMtx

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The International Olympic Committee said it will be called "breaking" at the Olympics and that the sport was proposed by people from Paris two years ago. A trial run was conducted during the Buenos Aires Youth Olympics in 2018, according to the Associated Press, and other committees within the International Olympic Committee approved the sport in 2019. 

While breakdancing can be traced back to dozens of dance styles across Africa, South America and the Caribbean, most experts said it was officially created in the 1970s by Black and Latino teens in the Bronx who would dance to DJ Kool Herc's innovative breakbeats. 

Breakdancing and hip-hop have been tied at the hip since both began to gain traction among young people. Multiple originators said they saw the fancy footwork of musicians like James Brown and sought to copy that, all while dancing to Herc's music, which would end up becoming hip-hop. 

Lauree Myers, Douglas Colon, Clark Kent and others are considered the pioneers of breakdancing and their skill prompted thousands of others across New York to start trying it out. 

By the late 1970s and early 1980s, the dance craze spread quickly across the globe, and dance crews were created across Europe, South America and Asia. There are now dozens of competitions and tournaments for both breakdancers and breakdancing groups. 

France has a massive breakdancing community and has been given a significant amount of prestige and clout, particularly in Paris. 

In addition to breakdancing, 41 other events were pushed by advocates, including ocean rowing and parkour, which were rejected. 

While breakdancers will have to wait until 2024 to vie for an Olympic medal, those involved in skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing will be able to compete next year during the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo. 

The event was slated to take place this summer but was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. 

The International Olympic Committee not only added to the games but also subtracted. There will be 10 fewer medal events, with most of the cuts coming from boxing and weightlifting. Weightlifting in particular is in the crosshairs of the International Olympic Committee because of persistent problems with steroids and potential corruption.