Asian Games 2023 - Breaking: Preview, full schedule and how to watch live
The Games' inaugural breaking competition will be held on 6 and 7 October at Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium. Here's the full schedule and how to watch the action live.
Breaking
The Asian Games will open a new chapter in its decades old story on Friday (6 October) when breaking will debut on its stage.
Breaking joins the Asian Games programme ahead of the dance sport’s maiden Olympic appearance next summer in Paris.
Hangzhou is more than just a tune-up for that, with the men’s and women’s gold medallists securing a quota at Paris 2024.
The favourites to become the inaugural Asian Games champions are from Japan, who have brought over a strong quartet off the heels of the WDSF World Breaking Championships in Leuven, Belgium.
The men’s bronze medallist there, Shigekix, will be nothing short of disappointed should he not top the podium in Hangzhou, with Issin, second in the Japanese pecking order, potentially a threat to his winning.
Wing Heonwoo of the Republic of Korea and Kazakhstan’s Amir will also likely contend. From the People’s Republic of China, look for X-Rain to make a run with the home crowd behind him.
The women’s competition is shaping up to be a three-way dogfight between China’s own 671, or Liu Qingyi, and Japanese B-Girls Ami and Ayumi, who won silver at the World’s last month.
Competition begins on Friday (6 October) with the pre-selection and round robin with the gold-medal battle the following day.
Asian Games 2023: Breaking - full schedule and start times
*All times Chinese Standard Time (UTC +8 hours)
How to watch breaking live at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou
To watch the Asian Games, viewers can tune into the various TV broadcasts and on-demand live streams provided by regional broadcasters. The list includes:
- CCTV in China
- TBS in Japan
- Sony LIV (Sony Sports Network) in India
- MediaCorp Channel 5 and mewatch.sg in Singapore
- MNCTV, RCTI, iNews TV, and Vision+ in Indonesia
- KBS, MBC, SBS, and TV Chosun in the Republic of Korea
- RTM and Astro in Malaysia