World Games | Liu Qingyi: Picking copper in the Paris Olympics brings great confidence, and I hope to promote break dance through the World Games stage

The curtain of the 2025 Chengdu World Games will begin, and the Chinese breakdancing team, which won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, will appear on the stage of the World Games with a lineup of 3 men and 3 women. Liu Qingyi, a young dancer who has won the gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games and the third place at the Paris Olympics, is looking forward to continuing the wonderful Chinese breakdancing at the World Games with sincerity in street dance.

Talking about the fate with street dance, Liu Qingyi said at the pre-match press conference of the World Games: "When I was a child, I saw someone dancing street dance on the street. I thought it was very handsome and cool. I also wanted to try it out. I was influenced and attracted by the 'big move' of street dance, so I like it very much."

This initial love made Liu Qingyi dive into the street dance world. For her, street dance is not only a display of skills, but also an outlet for emotions: "I will be particularly focused when practicing. I think dancing street dance can release a lot of pressure for people today, because you can forget a lot of worries when dancing, and you can transform your usual pressure in this way."

When street dance moves to the competitive arena, Liu Qingyi is also very clear about the importance of sports itself: "Now street dance is a form of competitive competition in everyone's vision. Competitive competition is also very important to us, because street dance itself emphasizes constant competition and constant confrontation. This collision can combine dance with the culture of different countries, enrich the connotation and understanding of each dancer, and promote the dance culture to get better and better."

From the Asian Games champion to the Olympic medal winner, Liu Qingyi has been constantly refreshing the height of Chinese breakdancing. She is both honored and well aware of her responsibility for this campaign in Chengdu World Games. "The World Games brings together the world's top non-Australian athletes. This is a grand event for non-Australian athletes, especially for breakdancing." She admitted that although her past achievements have brought her "huge confidence", every game is a new challenge. "The World Games stage also brings together the world's strongest B-boy and B-girl, and the competition will be very fierce. I look forward to playing to my best level and showing the strength of Chinese breakdancing."

Liu Qingyi cherishes the exchange value of the World Games platform very much. "Being able to compete with top dancers from all over the world is a huge opportunity to enjoy and learn." She looks forward to colliding with her opponents. "Competitioning with each other and progressing together is the way to promote the development of breakdancing." The World Games is a platform to show the charm of breakdancing to the world. "I hope that through my own dance, I can not only show superb skills and strength, but also convey the creativity and attitude contained in this sport, as well as the spirit of fighting and competition." In addition to Liu Qingyi, the list of Chinese women's teams also includes the Paris Olympic quarter-finals champion Zeng Yingying, and the Asian Championship champion and 16-year-old rookie Guo Pu. For men, there are Paris Olympic contestant Qi Xiangyu, the first to represent China in breakdancing competition for the Youth Olympic Games, and the explosive 19-year-old teenager Wang Ruimiao. The lineup of the new and old combinations is worth looking forward to.

As the host player, Liu Qingyi hopes to use the stage of the Chengdu World Games to make more young Chinese fall in love with this sport: "Holding such a high-standard world comprehensive sports event in China is a good opportunity for the popularization and development of breakdancing in China. I hope to attract more young people to fall in love with this sport through my own stage display and promote and develop this sport."