{"id":25203,"date":"2023-04-07T14:34:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T14:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/07\/record-breaker-and-single-mum-b-girl-roxy-seeks-historic-olympic-place-in-the-sport-that-saved-her-womens-sports-alliance\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:34:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T14:34:16","slug":"record-breaker-and-single-mum-b-girl-roxy-seeks-historic-olympic-place-in-the-sport-that-saved-her-womens-sports-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/07\/record-breaker-and-single-mum-b-girl-roxy-seeks-historic-olympic-place-in-the-sport-that-saved-her-womens-sports-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Record breaker and single mum B-Girl Roxy seeks historic Olympic place in the sport that &#8220;saved&#8221; her \u2014 Women&#8217;s Sports Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong>\u201cBreaking is so exhilarating,\u201d B-girl Roxy tells the Women\u2019s Sports Alliance. \u201cTo actually do it or learn a new move is such a personal achievement and there&#8217;s no more rewarding feeling.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"sqsrte-small\"><strong><em>\u201cWell, other than maybe having a child!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"sqsrte-small\">Roxy laughs after finishing that sentence, before an abrupt stop as she drops the phone to free an extra hand and stop her excitable two-and-a-half-year-old son, Leo, from diving head first off the bed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"sqsrte-small\">\u201cHe\u2019s fine, don\u2019t worry I\u2019m happy to talk,\u201d she insists after the rapid recovery. \u201cAs you can tell he\u2019s quite crazy, but he\u2019s a product of me so I shouldn\u2019t expect any different!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"sqsrte-small\">Roxy, whose full name is Roxanne Milliner, exudes passion, particularly when talking about her son and her love for breaking \u2013 a competitive form of break dancing, which was born out of 1970\u2019s hip hop culture in the USA \u2013 which will make its Olympic debut next year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"sqsrte-small\">She has also long demonstrated a multitude of skills \u2013 a world junior champion trampoline star before switching sports, appearances in major music videos, high-profile commercials as well as leading brands, the 2008 Beijing Olympic opening ceremony AND she holds two <a href=\"https:\/\/and8.dance\/en\/artist\/roxanna.roxy.milliner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guinness World Records<\/a> for 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