Raygun quits competitive breakdancing after Paris Olympics backlash

[hewontgo]

Australian breaker Rachael "Raygun" Gunn announced she will no longer competitively breakdance after the negative response from the Paris Games.https://t.co/wXqIvl7deb
- NBC Los Angeles (@NBCLA) November 7, 2024
Rachael Gunn, 37, also known as "Raygun" on the breaking stage, announced she is quitting competitive breakdancing following the negative

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[ivn]

Raygun returns from short-lived retirement to perform infamous breaking routine during @tonesandimusic arena show in Naarm. pic.twitter.com/7u1yBuC5ZI
- Aus Crave (@AusCrave) November 10, 2024

Ray-Ray spoke too soon. I mean, at this point, get it girl. And it’s not like you’ll qualify for the Olympics ever again after everything.

[bitchbot]

What the hell was that?

[ivn]

I believe they call it the “Julia Stiles Bust Down.”

[yousaidlog]

Almost spit out my coffee

[sassandthecity]

If this was the 90s, we would've already had an unauthorized TV movie about this.

[fantastiche]

Instead we can look forward to reality TV competitions called Somewhere's Best Breaker, The Breaker, and The Masked Breaker etc.

[anterrabre]

The fact that she even qualified shows they have no one judging that remotely understands the art. I'm old school, and when I was in HS there were a lot of grafitti artists and B-Boys/Girls, and a lot of underground places had breakdancing competitions. I have no idea what Raygun was doing, but it wasn't breakdancing. It's not even about her being White because I've seen B-People who were White who absolutely threw down. The problem is that she was terrible and had no business being at the Olympics.

[ginainabottle]

"Dancing is so much fun and it makes you feel good and I don’t think people should feel crap about, you know, the way that they dance,"

Yeah, but you weren’t dancing at a club or your living room, you were literally taking up undeserved space in one of the most important sports events worldwide. Know your fucking place and suck it up.

I hate manipulative statements like hers, it just reeks of entitlement and woo is me bullshit.

Absolutely nothing of value is lost here.

[sirena73]

Exactly this.

[jearsinsears]

mte
bitch you scammed your way into this showing your racist ass throughout
just fuck off and stfu already

[pi_lady]

Yeah, it's disrispectful to the people who take breakdancing seriously.

I can't dance at all but I like to hop around my apartment when nobody is around, doesn't mean I can take part in a competition.

[ellie_andrews]

this is in her living room isn't it

[healthypanda]

Everyone should dance like SOMEONE is watching