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Breakdancing is making its Olympic Games debut in Paris in 2024, giving British athletes the chance to make history after organisers increased the urban sports on offer
A former women’s footballer who fell in love with dancing has the opportunity to become an Olympic Games gold medallist when the sport makes its debut at Paris 2024.
Emma Houston, who has the nickname âShortbread’, is one of the few athletes highlighted by the sport’s new governing body, Breaking GB, as having medal potential when the sport makes its Olympic debut. Houston played junior football for Falkirk Ladies but fell out of love with the game.
“I was struggling a bit with football, I was very light and small and it was becoming harder to out-muscle the bigger players, and I was becoming much more prone to being injured,” Houston told the PA news agency.
“Simultaneously I discovered dance and the breadth of opportunities within it, and I found I was able to explore moving my body in different ways.