Ranking of Chinese players in the Break Dance Olympics: &quot of the impact on Paris "China s Power"

As the breakdancing event at the 2024 Paris Olympics enters the final preparation stage, the performance of Chinese athletes in the Olympic points competition continues to attract attention. As of 2025, the Chinese breakdancing national team has secured 3 Olympic seats, including 2 women and 1 man, setting the best record for Asian countries in this event. This article will comprehensively analyze the current Chinese players' points ranking and competitive situation.

Women's Group: Liu Qingyi leads the world, and the new generation is emerging.

25-year-old Liu Qingyi is currently ranked first in the women's group with 5,820 points. This "Chinese breakdancing No. 1" has maintained amazing stability in the past two years: in the 2024 season, he won the championships of the Kitakyushu Station in Japan and the Montpellier Station in France, and won the runner-up in the World Championships. Its iconic "martial arts fusion" style (such as the whirlwind kick and fist-holding ceremony) has been unanimously favored by the referees, and its technical scores have remained above 9.5 points (out of 10 points) all year round.

What is even more surprising is the rise of the 19-year-old young player Zheng Ziyan. Through her third place in Portugal and last four in the Asian Championships, her points soared to 8th in the world (3120 points), becoming the second Chinese team to qualify for the Olympics. Its original "mechanical dance moves and somersaults" combination movement was rated as "the most creative technology of the year" by WDSF (World Sports Dance Federation).

Men's Group: Shang Xiaoyu is firmly in the top 10, and the substitutes are ready to go

In terms of the men's group, the captain Shang Xiaoyu ranked 6th in the world with 4,020 points, becoming the highest-ranked male player in Asia. Although he lost to Canadian star Phil Wizard in the quarter-finals of the 2025 German station, his improved version of the "Chinese-style sitcom" arrangement (such as integrating Peking Opera debut action) refreshed the international referees.

substitute Qi Xiangyu is currently ranked 15th (2850 points), and still has the opportunity to reach the Olympic place through the final qualifier in June. In recent training, he focused on strengthening the power movements such as "single elbow inverted rotation", and his success rate increased from 60% to 85%, and he is expected to become a dark horse.

Competitive landscape and Olympic prospects

The current global standings are in a "China-Japan confrontation" situation: the Japanese team has Yuasa Yu, who is ranked third in women and Shigekix, who is ranked fourth in men, but the Chinese team is better in team strength. According to WDSF data, Chinese players' "action completion" (93.7%) and "music fit" (91.2%) both lead the Japanese team by 2-3 percentage points.

The breakdancing competition at the Paris Olympics will be held from August 9 to 10, adopting the "red and blue confrontation" elimination system. Liu Qingyi was listed as the number one favorite in the women's group by a gambling company (optional 1:2.5), and if Shang Xiaoyu can break through the siege of European and American players, he is expected to create a miracle of medals in the men's group. Regardless of the result, this team with an average age of 21 has already allowed the world to see the infinite possibilities of Chinese street dance.