Breakdancer Sunny Choi reveals when she realized how special it was to represent Team USA at Olympics

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Sunny Choi will be among the first Americans to appear on Team USA’s breaking team later this summer as the sport takes hold of the Olympics for the first time.

Choi will be wearing the red, white and blue along with three other breaking competitors.

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Breaking athlete Sunny Choi poses for a portrait during the 2024 Team USA Media Summit at Marriott Marquis Hotel on April 16, 2024, in New York City. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

But the 35-year-old Tennessee native admitted to Fox News Digital in an interview last week that she "struggled" with the idea of what it meant to represent the United States on the global stage. She said she wasn’t the most patriotic person growing up.

"Growing up, I never really liked wearing USA things or I wasn’t ever very patriotic. So, initially it was a little challenging for me," Choi said.

"But throughout this process, I got to see something really special that sports does that not many other things do in life and it’s that it unites us in a way that almost nothing else does. To see people from all different places all coming together for one cause and to be able to connect and cheer for your favorite people and root for all the other countries. It was just such a beautiful experience to be able to connect in that way that I realized this is what representing Team USA is about. Like, this is what our nation is."

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Sunny Choi poses during the Team USA Paris 2024 Olympic Portrait Shoot at NBC Universal Studios Stage 16 on Nov. 18, 2023, in Los Angeles. (Harry How/Getty