Six new Olympic disciplines to be included in Paris 2024 to bring urban culture closer to public

Paris (France), Apr 29 (EFE) - Rollerblading, climbing, freestyle BMX, surfing, 3x3 basketball and break dancing are six of the latest disciplines to be added to the Olympic catalogue and will be present at the Paris Games this summer to showcase the urban culture that defines them.

SPOT24 - Olympic Exhibition, sports and urban cultures' is a place designed "to connect, to meet, to exchange, to discover the origins of these different disciplines", said François Gautret, the curator of the exhibition in a presentation to the press on Monday.

CAMERA: RAQUEL FERNÁNDEZ.

RESOURCE OF THE EXHIBITION 'SPOT24 - OLYMPIC EXHIBITION, SPORTS AND URBAN CULTURES'.

SOUNDBITES OF THE CURATOR, FRANÇOIS GAUTRET:

1. The idea of this exhibition is also to show and present the 6 urban sports disciplines in the Olympic Games, as well as all the culture that goes with them. We are talking about hip hop, we are talking about urban sport. It is a place that is also designed to meet and create events with all these players and these athletes to show performances, to be as close as possible, to connect, to meet, to exchange, to discover the origins of these different disciplines and, of course, with urban sports at the Olympic Games as a common thread.

2. The special thing about these practices is that they often come from the street, apart from surfing, which comes from the ocean, the oceans and the seas. And they all have something in common. Free expression, freestyle, creativity and performance, self-improvement. So whether it's Breaking with the link to music, or the world of hip hop with graffiti. In short, it's really a mix and also what is important to me, in addition to discovering these 6 urban sports disciplines, is the link with art.