Hong Kong’s B-Boys and B-Girls humbled in breakdancing’s Asian Games debut

Hong Kong’s breakdancers were left to face some harsh truths as the city’s four entrants failed to reach the Asian Games’ knockout stage on Friday.

With the city’s men first to perform in the preselection, B-Boy C Plus (Sze Ka-yam) and B-Boy Think (Tsang Tsz-wa) hit the dance floor at Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium for breaking’s debut in Hangzhou.

B-Boy C Plus made his entrance first and managed to score 614.5 points to advance to the round robin, while B-Boy Think, ousted after preselection, scraped together 534.1 points to rank 18th out of 25.

Left alone to represent Hong Kong’s B-Boys, C Plus, ushered into Group C, battled B-Boy Lilma of Chinese Taipei, as well as Japanese duo B-Boy Issin and B-Boy Shigekix and lost to each opponent by a score of 14-4, 18-0, 18-0 after the nine judges put down their votes.

“I think I performed best at the preselection because I thew all my moves into it, and I was the most confident,” B-Boy C Plus told the Post.

“Despite the results, I still enjoyed this journey a lot … I was excited when I first stepped onto the stage with lots of spectators cheering, the atmosphere was really great.”

The women’s competition did not go much better for Hong Kong, as B-Girl Lady Banan (Wong Chiu-wai) and B-Girl Lady Little (Chan Ka-yi) scraped by in the preselection, ranking 14th and 15th respectively.

B-Girl Lady Little was up first in the round robin to take on Group B opponents B-Girl Eru of Chinese Taipei, South Korea’s Fresh Bella and B-Girl Ami of Japan, losing to all three with scores of 17-1, 18-0, 18-0.

In Group C, B-Girl Lady Banan lost to Vietnam’s B-Girl Tram, B-Girl Jia Li of Chinese Taipei and China’s B-Girl 671, with a score of 16-2, 16-2, 17-1.

Tickets to the Paris Olympics were also on the line, as well as spots in the Olympic Qualifier Series.