One
of
the
more
seasoned
athletes
competing
in
Paris
overall,
41-year-old
Ayumi
Fukushima—aka,
B-girl
Ayumi—didn’t
get
into
breaking
until
she
was
21,
meaning
there
was
a
lot
of
battling
literal
kids
on
her
road
to
self-sufficiently
becoming
one
of
the
best
breakers
in
the
world.
“With
breaking,
there’s
no
coach,”
Fukushima,
who
won
the
2021
world
title
when
she
was
39,
told
Number
Web, “so
it’s
like
I
was
trained
by
the
people
who
were
around
where
I
practiced.
More
experienced
dancers
and
friends
I
usually
train
with
showed
me
how
to
do
the
moves,
and
I
practiced
them.
It
was
like
that
all
along.”
Explaining
her
affinity
for
the
sport,
which
is
making
its
Olympics
debut
in
Paris,
she
added, “There’s
music,
and
you
dance
along.
I
began
dancing
like
that.
I
really
love
that
feeling,
which
I
guess
is
the
reason
I’ve
been
doing
it
for
so
long.”
