It’s not just the form but the skill. I can’t dance the macarena to save my life, but when looking at her moves it’s unimpressive from a skill standpoint. Most people have seen more difficult, more coordinated, more agile moves pretty much anywhere on tv. It’s okay, but it’s not Olympics material. And then you hear the rumors that she got in because someone did her a favor, and that’s just unfair. There were other applicants more deserving of that opportunity, not to mention she’s making Australia look corrupt as fuck when it comes to judging their candidates.
Her routine was so unorthodox that many thought she was trolling and that she was not even close to being qualified to even enter. I absolutely loved it. The other athletes were technically superior but I can’t remember a single one of them.
Tbh, the hate is largely good old fashioned bullying. The rumors of cheating have been completely disproven. She qualified, she knew she was unlikely to win. She’s almost 20 years older than her oldest opponent and this was perhaps her first time competing at that level. Her performance had good parts.
I think the gleeful bullying is disgusting. Fucking armchair critics.
Edit: there are specific moves, but it’s largely improvisational. you are judged comparatively against the other b-boy. If you watch the full set the commentators will call them out. her full set
It’s like if I somehow got into the olympics for gymnastics and spent my routine doing the hokey pokey, the other athletes would think I’m making fun of them. I think at least, that’s where the hate in the breakdancing community comes from.
As for wider hate, I don’t recall seeing much, I think online most just thought it was funny as hell.
All the comments here miss the fact that she rigged the Australian qualifier, lacks the skill to compete fairly, denying more talented candidates, and thus, did not deserve to be there.
The whole process was rigged. There was no national call for dancers and Holy Molly was objectively better in the qualifiers, though not as good as other B-girls around the country.
Raygun was an absolute embarrassment and shouldn’t have been sent over. There’s a time and place to practice new moves and the Olympics is not the place.
It just looked like she was taking the piss. And or course some into breakdancing thought it made the whole thing into a joke among the general public, which it kinda did.
I never understood the hate against Raygun. Are there set moves in breakdancing? It’s not like ballet where you have to do very specific things.
It’s not just the form but the skill. I can’t dance the macarena to save my life, but when looking at her moves it’s unimpressive from a skill standpoint. Most people have seen more difficult, more coordinated, more agile moves pretty much anywhere on tv. It’s okay, but it’s not Olympics material. And then you hear the rumors that she got in because someone did her a favor, and that’s just unfair. There were other applicants more deserving of that opportunity, not to mention she’s making Australia look corrupt as fuck when it comes to judging their candidates.
Per this article, there were no favors.
But odd she won some prestigious competitions yet doesn’t even seem qualified
It’s easy to win when no one shows up to compete.
On an unrelated note, her PhD topic is along the lines of obstacles to women in breaking.
Her routine was so unorthodox that many thought she was trolling and that she was not even close to being qualified to even enter. I absolutely loved it. The other athletes were technically superior but I can’t remember a single one of them.
I wish she was trolling. The olympics could use some ridicule for how ridiculous it is.
Honestly…yes. I want to be wow’d. Something out of the ordinary. Break the mold. Make me say, “holy shit”.
But also I didn’t watch the Olympics because, meh.
What little footage I’ve seen of her was so unorthodox that I couldn’t help but just say, “hell yeah”.
Tbh, the hate is largely good old fashioned bullying. The rumors of cheating have been completely disproven. She qualified, she knew she was unlikely to win. She’s almost 20 years older than her oldest opponent and this was perhaps her first time competing at that level. Her performance had good parts.
I think the gleeful bullying is disgusting. Fucking armchair critics.
Edit: there are specific moves, but it’s largely improvisational. you are judged comparatively against the other b-boy. If you watch the full set the commentators will call them out. her full set
It’s like if I somehow got into the olympics for gymnastics and spent my routine doing the hokey pokey, the other athletes would think I’m making fun of them. I think at least, that’s where the hate in the breakdancing community comes from.
As for wider hate, I don’t recall seeing much, I think online most just thought it was funny as hell.
All the comments here miss the fact that she rigged the Australian qualifier, lacks the skill to compete fairly, denying more talented candidates, and thus, did not deserve to be there.
False, https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australian-breakdancer-raygun-olympics/
The Internet just likes to bully people.
She deserves to be bullied for being that horrible and taking the opportunity away from someone better.
My understanding is the only Australian breakdancing professional women who are better than her don’t have citizenship, so cannot compete.
So not Australian and not worth discussing in this context.
I saw the article linked elsewhere in there comments and the AAP suggests your assertions are false.
I’m neither a breakdancer nor a reporter, so I defer to your assessment of their scrutiny.
Its not about cheating is that she kept aloft of talented Australian break dancers out of the process to go to the Olympics. Massive POS!
There was no conspiracy, though… She won the qualifying event and got sent to the Olympics. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australian-breakdancer-raygun-olympics/
I’m sure there are a ton of great athletes all over the world who don’t have a chance to go to the Olympics. That’s life.
She won lol
The whole process was rigged. There was no national call for dancers and Holy Molly was objectively better in the qualifiers, though not as good as other B-girls around the country.
Raygun was an absolute embarrassment and shouldn’t have been sent over. There’s a time and place to practice new moves and the Olympics is not the place.
It just looked like she was taking the piss. And or course some into breakdancing thought it made the whole thing into a joke among the general public, which it kinda did.
Break dancing in the Olympics was a joke long before Raygun.