China achieved its best-ever showing at the World Breaking Championships after claiming two medals in Chengdu on Saturday, with Paris Olympics bronze medalist Liu Qingyi clinching silver in the women's event, while Wang Ruimiao earned bronze for the country's first-ever podium finish on the men's side.

This year's World Championships, the first since breaking made its Olympic debut at Paris 2024, attracted more than 180 athletes from 31 nations and regions, with the men's and women's winners and runners-up earning direct entry into the 2025 World Games.

Liu, also known as B-Girl 671, beat Lithuania's Dominika Banevich 2-1 to reach the women's final, while avenging her defeat from the last-four at the Olympics. Liu added several fresh elements in the title contest against India Dewi Sardjoe of the Netherlands, but the effects were not very noticeable, and Sardjoe, who placed fourth at the Paris Games, won gold in the capital of Sichuan Province with a 2-1 victory.

"My main goal in this competition is to dance happily, while also exploring areas and methods that are not my strength," said Liu. "Dance is an art form, and I don't want to always win by performing in just one way, as I want to express myself through various styles."

On the men's side, two Chinese athletes advanced to the last 16. But Qi Xiangyu, who placed fourth at last season's World Championships, missed out on a spot in the quarterfinals.

His compatriot Wang Ruimiao, nicknamed B-Boy Monkey Z, made his debut in this event, and finished with bronze after defeating Ukraine's Oleg Kuznietsov 3-0. The 19-year-old earned China's first-ever medal in the men's division at the World Breaking Championships, while the gold went to Japan's Isshin Hishikawa.