Hwang Dae Kyun (B-Boy Virus) Serves as Paris 2024 Olympic Breaking Judge

South Korean breaking veteran Hwang Dae Kyun, internationally known as B-Boy Virus, took on a prestigious international role at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, serving as an official adjudicator as breaking entered the Olympic stage for the first time.

On August 9, 2024, Hwang participated on the judging panel for the B-Girls 1 vs 1 competition held at La Concorde in Paris. Images from the event captured him greeting spectators during the women's individual competition.

His presence on the Olympic judging panel marked a significant moment for both his career and South Korea's representation within the international breaking community.

Hwang Dae Kyun Represents South Korea on the Olympic Judging Panel

The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) officially listed Hwang under his internationally recognized breaking name, Virus, as an adjudicator representing the Republic of Korea.

The official WDSF record for the Paris 2024 B-Girls competition identifies him as Adjudicator D on a nine-member international judging panel.

The panel included adjudicators representing Japan, the United States, Ukraine, South Korea, China, France, Brazil, Spain and Germany, bringing together experienced members of the international breaking community.

Hwang's appointment placed a Korean breaking professional directly within the competitive decision-making structure of one of the discipline's most significant global events.

Breaking Makes Its Historic Olympic Debut in Paris

Paris 2024 marked a defining chapter in the history of breaking, with the discipline making its official Olympic debut at La Concorde.

Rooted in street culture and hip-hop, breaking has developed over decades through crews, battles, performances, competitions and international cultural exchange.

Its arrival at the Olympic Games brought that culture onto one of the world's largest sporting platforms and introduced a new global audience to the athleticism, musicality, originality and individual expression that define breaking.

The inaugural Olympic breaking competitions were staged on August 9 and 10, bringing leading B-Girls and B-Boys from around the world to the heart of Paris.

A Korean Presence on the International Breaking Stage

Hwang's role as an adjudicator carried particular significance for South Korea, a country whose breakers have developed a strong international reputation through competitions, performances and cultural exchange.

His participation demonstrated another dimension of Korea's presence within global breaking — not only through performers competing on stage, but also through professionals entrusted with evaluating competition at an international level.

Serving alongside adjudicators from multiple countries, Hwang represented Korea within a truly international panel responsible for one of the most closely watched breaking competitions in the world.

From B-Boy Virus to Olympic Adjudicator

Known throughout the breaking community as B-Boy Virus, Hwang Dae Kyun's appearance in Paris became part of a unique chapter in breaking history.

His role extended beyond performance. As an Olympic adjudicator, he contributed professional experience and knowledge to the assessment of athletes competing at the highest international level.

The appointment also illustrates how a career in breaking can extend across multiple areas, from performance and competition to judging, artistic direction, education and cultural leadership.

Breaking Culture Reaches a Global Olympic Audience

Breaking's appearance at Paris 2024 created a rare intersection between street culture, artistic expression and international sport.

For the competitors, the Games offered an opportunity to perform before a worldwide audience. For the adjudicators selected to evaluate them, it represented recognition of the knowledge and experience required to understand a highly individual, technical and culturally distinctive discipline.

Hwang Dae Kyun's presence on the panel stands as part of that historic moment.

As B-Boy Virus, he entered the Paris Olympic arena representing not only his own professional journey, but also the continuing international presence of Korean breaking culture.