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B-Boy Name: Amir
Born: Oct. 10, 1997
Zakirov calls the day he started breaking—Oct. 8, 2009—his second birthday.
“When I was a kid, I smoked, I drank alcohol,” he told Olympics.com. “I was in a very bad community.”
His moves were self-taught until, one day, he saw a poster advertising a breaking class and he ripped it down as a way of keeping the serendipitous information to himself. He saved money for classes by skipping lunch at school.
And to this day, no matter how stacked any competition is, Zakirov considers himself his toughest opponent. “I always battle with me,” he explained. “For me, the most important thing is to show what I want. If I make some mistakes, if I don’t like my dance, then for me it means I’ve lost.”