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American Grace Choi, better known as B-girl "Sunny," won the first Pan American gold medal for breaking, the sport that mixes dancing and acrobatics. She also qualified for the Paris Olympics next year. Sunny, the 7th-best ranked break dancer in the world, beat Colombia's Luisa Tejada, who is known as "Luma," by 3-0 in the decider. The scoring is measured in head-to-head contests, which are called battles, between two break dancers. The Olympic movement is bringing breaking to the games in Paris as an attempt to capture a younger crowd, but the sport is not in the program for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.
