I don't. A lot of people make a huge mental, physical and economical effort to be there and she just thinks it's playtime? She didn't make fool of only herself but of all the professional that fought for break to be in the olympics. She an idiot

Nah, some of the background on this I saw had her husband being on the selection committee and forcing the committee to choose her.

There were a few moments where it looked like she actually had breakdancing experience compared to the "highlights" I've been seeing. Still, she looked goofy af.

She was warned, and acknowledged it in an interview before the Olympics. But, she could go to the Olympics. Honestly, it's kind of weirdly brave to knowingly go and embarrass yourself in front of a global audience. And it's mostly harmless.

I mean it's a mortal wound to breakdancing, Australia as a country, and the Olympics as an institution, all of which must necessarily be taken less seriously now. But other than that. 🤣

We're talking about the Olympics for crying out loud. Not some tournament with all sorts of people joining

Ironic.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_sports#Olympics

Through most of the 20th century the Olympics allowed only amateur athletes to participate and this amateur code was strictly enforced - Jim Thorpe was stripped of track and field medals for having taken expense money for playing baseball in 1912.

I mean, I get the love, but part of me feels bad knowing there were people in Australia with real skill that night have had a chance and she kinda robbed them. If I was a skilled break dancer in her country and saw that I don't think I would feel great about it.

Nothing she did was heroic. She stole someone else's dream for her own entitlement. Grow up.

She spearheaded the selection for Australia‘s break dancers, excluded anyone who was better than her in the preliminaries, and then picked herself to go to the Olympics. Then once she got there, she realized she was going to get her ass handed to her by the competition, so she decided to be goofy instead of actually trying (and failing) to keep up.

She doesn’t deserve any praise.

Not when she's taking the place of someone else who is more competent at it on a world stage. 1:01 part was actually impressive though.

Trying your best and doing it right are 2 different things. It is time this butthurt world re-understands this. Someone should have told her she sucks at it. And yes, it would hurt her feelings but also opening up opportunities for her to pursue something else she will, undoubtedly, be better at.

She can still dance like this if she wants to with all the passion in her heart, but break dance competition, nope.

I guess the story is that she's actually really talented, but she decided she wasn't up to the level of the competition so she opted for a less technical, more expressive routine.

Or at least that's what my research turned up after watching that.

I think the fact that she supposedly has a PhD in Breakdancing is the thing that is making this a story

The problem as i see it is that there is definitely a female Breakdancer In Australia that is better. She just wanted a free vacation and pulled the right strings to get put on the team instead of someone with less connections and a better performance.

Like these girls in the bc one cypher in 2022 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aB3xIUFYH78&pp=ygURYXVzdHJhbGlhbiBiLWdpcmw%3D

There was/is but its about licensing rather than Raygun’s performance Source

Copyright shit.

if she hadn't stopped 2/3rds of the way through I was about to give her credit for at least one move.

I can describe each movement in words if you'd like