Taipei, Aug. 25 (CNA) Taiwanese Olympic breakdancer Sun Chen (孫振) won Outbreak Europe 2024 in Slovakia on Sunday.

Chen, known as B-Boy Quake, took first place in the competition, which included 500 B-Boys.

In the finals, Quake defeated B-Boy Raptor from Ukraine to take the crown after pulling out all the stops to fulfill his own “childhood dream”.

Speaking to the press after his win on Sunday, Quake said that it was not his first appearance at the festival.

He said he debuted in the competition in 2019 and made it to the quarterfinals through “pure luck”, where he was eliminated by his idol, Venezuelan b-boy Lil G.

Quake said he has been working toward winning the annual Outbreak Europe since his loss in 2019.

The Taiwanese Olympian added that he even received recognition from Lil G, who was eliminated in the round of 16 this year.

“I really admire the fact that B-boy Lil G introduced Venezuela to the world through breakdancing,” Quake said. “So I once jokingly said I want to become the Wang Chien-ming (王建民, former Taiwanese pitcher for the New York Yankees) of the breakdancing world so I can use breakdancing to introduce Taiwan to the world.”

Quake has set many milestones in breakdancing for Taiwan in 2024.

The 24-year-old represented Taiwan in the first-ever groundbreaking Olympic event in Paris earlier this month before becoming the first Taiwanese to reach the final at the Notorious IBE, a major hip-hop dance gathering in the Netherlands.

Although he failed to make it to the quarterfinals in Paris, he finished second at Notorious IBE before winning Outbreak Europe on Sunday.

Next, he will take part in the World Battle, which will take place in Portugal from August 28 to September 1.