Asian Games silver medallists seal breaking crowns at Red Bull BC One event, with South Korea’s Kim completing hat-trick
- Kim Hong-yul, who competes as B-Boy Hong 10 becomes just second athlete to win three Red Bull BC One titles
- Japan’s Ami Yuasa beats China’s Liu Quing-yi in rematch of gold medal final at Asian Games in Hangzhou
Asian Games breaking silver medallists Kim Hong-yul and Ami Yuasa went one better in Paris on Saturday, taking their respective titles at the Red Bull BC One event in the French capital.
For Kim, who competes as B-Boy Hong 10, it completed a ha-trick of titles stretching back to 2006, while Yuasa, who’s breaking name is B-Girl Ami, won for the second time.
The pair took their crowns in front of 8,000 fans in Roland-Gorros, a venue more used to hosting the likes of tennis grand slam winners Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek.
At 38 years old, Kim said he would not be back to try and win for a fourth time, saying he would “leave that to the young guns”.
“For now, I plan to focus on working with the breaking community instead of competing in battles,” he said.
Still, he out-danced his younger opponents throughout the competition on his way to a final clash with Red Bull athlete Phil Kim, or Phil Wizard as he is known in breaking circles.