Phil (Wizard) Kim won 2024 Paris Olympic gold medal in men's breaking

 

Phil (Wizard) Kim was the first, and for the foreseeable future, the only Olympic champion in men's breaking.

 

The 27-year-old from Vancouver, known in his breaking circles as B-Boy Phil Wizard, captured gold at Place de la Concorde on Saturday.

 

The Canadian dominated his final battle with host-country favourite Danis Civil (Dany Dann) of France by winning all three rounds and taking 23 of a possible 27 votes from the judges.

 

The 2022 world champion and reigning Pan American Games champion Kim was a favourite in the performance sport making its Olympic debut in Paris.

 

It isn't on the menu in Los Angeles in 2028 nor is it certain to return in Brisbane, Australia, in 2032.

 

The sunny, charismatic Kim was that throughout his bouts Saturday, but he shed tears both on the podium during O Canada, in interviews afterward and when he embraced his mother Gilsoo, father Byung Tae and brothers Daniel and John.