The sport of breaking made its Olympic debut in Paris. One of the lasting images was the performance of Australian breakdancer dubbed 'Raygun', who scored zero points with her kangaroo dance - and attracted widespread criticism in the media and online.
Australian breaker Rachael Gunn, also known as Raygun, during the B-Girls Round Robin breaking competition during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games The sport of breaking made its Olympic debut in Paris. One of the lasting images was the performance of Australian breakdancer dubbed 'Raygun', who scored zero points with her kangaroo dance - and attracted widespread criticism in the media and online.
"If you don't know Rachael's story, in 2008, she was locked in a room crying, being involved in a male-dominated sport as the only woman and it took great courage for her to continue on and fight for her opportunity to participate in a sport that she loved and that got her to winning the Olympic qualifying event to be here in Paris. She is the best breakdancer dancer, female, that we have for Australia.
She even laments the idea that fundamental aspects of breaking may be lost in the process of its international-level sportification. Other critics have pointed to an inconsistency in the way her Refugee counterpart, Manizha Talash, was treated.
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