Author: Andy Miah, Chair in Science Communication & Future Media, University of Salford

After all the pomp and ceremony, the trials, the tears and the medals, if you were to ask most people what they considered the biggest event at the Olympic Games, they’d probably say the 100m sprint finals, the swimming – or perhaps even the opening ceremony. Ask them again in 10 years, and that answer might be very different. That’s because a whole new raft of sports have become major features at the Olympic Games. For the first time in Olympic history, there was breaking – an evolution of breakdancing. The event was located in one of the coolest venues…