Chengbei: China swept both titles in the breaking competition at The World Games 2025 here at the Chengbei Gymnasium on Sunday, as Guo Pu (B-Girl Royal) and Qi Xiangyu (B-Boy Lithe-ing) clinched the women’s and men’s gold medals respectively.

According to Namibia Press Agency, in the women’s final, Royal defeated her national teammate Liu Qingyi (B-Girl 671) to secure the crown, after 671 had eliminated Lithuania’s Dominika Banevic (B-Girl Nicka) in the semifinals while Royal overcame France’s Sya Dembele (B-Girl Syssy). Nicka, the Paris Olympic silver medalist, beat Syssy in the bronze medal final.

On the men’s side, Lithe-ing outperformed Japan’s Isshin Hishikawa (B-Boy Issin) in the title bout, with the home crowd on their feet throughout the contest, cheering passionately for the Chinese dancer. Paris Olympic bronze medalist Shigeyuki Nakarai (B-Boy Shigekix) defeated compatriot Hiroto Ono (B-Boy Hiro10) in an all-Japanese clash to take third place.

It was only the second time that breaking featured at The World Games. While China had just one semifinalist – 671 – in Birmingham in 2022, this time three Chinese dancers reached the semifinals, bringing home two golds and one silver for a breakthrough performance.