Virginia Locals Excited For Olympic Breakdancing Events

Every four years, a summer stalwart returns to our televisions and hearts. This year is no exception, as the Summer Olympics make their awaited return to Paris after a century away from France’s capital. It will be the return of Olympic events as an option for Virginia sports betting as well.

The 2024 Paris Games, which get underway this week, feature a new sport: The American dance form known as breakdancing. The craze debuted in The Bronx with the dawn of hip-hop music in the 1980s. But breakdancing has since transitioned into the mainstream of the world’s zeitgeist.

During these Summer Olympics, breakdancing will be a medal event for the first time. At BetVirginia.com, your source for the best Virginia sportsbook promo codes, we wanted to know what states are most excited about this event taking place. We used Google Trends to see what states had the highest search interest scores for “Olympic Breakdancing.” The 24-hour search period was done on July 23, 2024.

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Top 10 States Interested In Olympic Breakdancing

Rank	State	Total Score
1	Oregon	100
2	Ohio	85
3	Illinois	78
T4	Arizona	73
T4	Michigan	73
6	New York	69
7	California	68
8	New Jersey	66
9	Virginia	65
10	Pennsylvania	52

Which States Care Most About Breakdancing?

The state that offers Virginia sports betting apps finished ninth in our survey of states most interested in Olympic breakdancing.

Overall, the state that has shown the most interest in topics related to the newest Olympic sport online is Oregon, with a perfect search interest score of 100 during the period in question.

The Evergreen State beat out Ohio (85 search interest score), Illinois (78), then Arizona and Michigan (73 each) when it came to breakdancing search interest totals nationally.

Surprisingly, the state that spawned the dance style finished sixth nationally in terms of search interest, with New York having a total of 69 points. That was ahead of California (68 search interest score), New Jersey (66), Virginia (65) and Pennsylvania (52).

When it comes to dance competitions, it seems like you can’t beat the state of Oregon. It seems that residents of the Northwest state look set to tune in their TVs to watch the first-ever Olympic breakdancing showdown.

USA Today Network photo by Jamar Coach / Jackson Sun

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Christopher Boan

Christopher Boan has been covering sports and sports betting for more than seven years, including stops at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.