Breaking or breakdancing (霹雳舞), will make its first appearance as an Olympic sport in August. The competition will take place at the largest public square in Paris, France. But when breaker Sunny Choi tells strangers she’ll be competing at the Olympics, they laugh. It can be hard to make people believe that breaking can be an Olympic sport. “I just have to hope that you see it one day,” says Choi.
霹雳舞将于今年8月首次作为奥运会比赛项目亮相。比赛将在法国巴黎最大的公共广场举行。但是，当霹雳舞选手Sunny Choi告诉陌生人她将参加奥运会时，他们笑了。很难让人们相信霹雳舞也能成为一项奥运会项目。“我只希望有一天你能看到它，”崔说。
Breaking, added to the Paris Olympics program in 2020, is a judged event, like gymnastics and figure skating. No one says those aren’t sports. And since breakers battle head-to-head, there’s no point system. Whoever moves better goes to the next round. “There’s no doubt in my mind this is a sport,” says Choi, whose first name is actually Sun. Her parents nicknamed her Sunny.
霹雳舞是2020年巴黎奥运会的比赛项目，与体操和花样滑冰一样，是一项备受争议的项目。没人说这些不是运动。由于霹雳舞者是正面交锋，所以没有记分系统。谁跳得好，谁就进入下一轮。“毫无疑问，在我看来，这是一项运动，”崔说，他的名字实际上是孙。她的父母给她起了个外号叫Sunny。
During Choi’s first year at college, she saw members of a breaking club dancing one evening. They asked her to come to a class. Choi’s gymnastics background gave her an advantage. After graduating from business school, Choi began to work as a cosmetics executive (化妆品销售员). But on the side, she kept breaking, and even took part in international competitions.
崔在大学一年级的时候，有一天晚上她看到一个霹雳舞俱乐部的成员在跳舞。他们请她来上课。崔的体操背景给了她一个优势。从商学院毕业后，崔开始从事化妆品销售工作。但在另一方面，她不断突破，甚至参加了国际比赛。
In late 2021, Choi attended a camp for the top breakers, where a coach asked aspiring Olympians (有抱负的奥运会选手) to raise their hands. Everyone’s hand went up except Choi’s. Working full-time as an executive while training to make the Olympic team seemed impossible. “It was a really hard decision,” she says. After finishing second at the World Games in July 2022, Choi left her job, and in 2023, she qualified (获得参赛资格) for Paris by winning the Pan American Games.
2021年底，崔参加了一个顶尖霹雳舞者训练营，教练要求有意参加奥运的选手举手。除了崔，所有人都举手了。作为一名全职销售人员，一边接受训练，一边为成奥运代表队似乎是不可能的。“这是一个非常艰难的决定，”她说。在2022年7月的世界运动会上获得第二名后，她辞职了，并在2023年的泛美运动会上获得冠军，获得了参加巴黎奥运会的资格。
“I’m so much happier,” Choi says. “I feel lighter. I have more energy for the things I want to do.”
“我开心多了，”崔说。“我觉得轻松多了。我有更多的精力去做我想做的事情。”
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