Breaking's Olympic Debut: Australia's Rachael "Raygun" Gunn Shines Despite Criticism | Paris 2024
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Witness the historic debut of breaking, also known as breakdancing, at the 2024 Paris Olympics! 🌟 In this video, we dive into the electrifying moments that brought this urban sport to the world stage, featuring Australia’s Rachael "Raygun" Gunn. Despite facing criticism and losing her pool matches, Gunn stood out with her unique style and pride in representing Australia in the green and gold.
🎥 Highlights:
Japan’s B-Girl Ami wins the inaugural women’s gold, marking a milestone for breaking at the Olympics.
Rachael Gunn, a 36-year-old B-Girl from Australia, defends her artistic approach and choice of Olympic uniform, which sparked intense debate.
Insight into the challenges and triumphs of breaking as it battles for a spot in future Olympic Games.
Special appearances by hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg and other breaking stars from around the world.
#Breaking #Olympics #Paris2024 #Raygun #RachaelGunn #Bgirl #BreakingOlympics #HipHop #Dance #SnoopDogg #Japan #Australia #Ami #OlympicDebut #Sports #ArtisticExpression #TeamAustralia
Could the media please stop the desperate gaslighting? we saw what we saw and it was pathetic. no she didn't "shine". she wasn't "courageous". she wasn't "creative". she embarrassed herself and her country but worst of all she took the place of some other much more talented, determined, serious athlete.
Wondering if the statement "She holds a PhD in "Breakdancing" was the start of the gaslighting.
That is always what the media does. Think that people are stupid
@@mizzury54 I really don’t find the “B Girl/B Boy” style very impressive or entertaining, but most of the other styles are awesome, and take serious training and athletic ability. It sucks that a lot of people who don’t know any better, are seeing this lady’s ridiculous attempt as a representation of break dancing. She may have ruined the breakdancing Olympic debut and its place in the next one.
@@PRIMETATTOOSshe did
I had to silence the vid, the lies made me sick
MISSINFORMATION/DISINFORMATION
Can anyone show the freaking video??
we are on the same road brother , tell me if you find it lolol
Same here. Was it that bad, that they don't want to show it? lol
Breaking b girl group b aus vs fra
SIM!! QUE DIFÍCIL! SÓ QUERO ASSISTIR A MALDITA APRESENTAÇÃO!
There are some shorts that show part of it. I haven't found the full thing yet.
She didn't just lose, she got 0. 0. 0.
She didn't shine.
She wants a Re-Count !!
@@pastina000 it will still be zero. it was bad. she basically crawled around on the floor. she studied gender politics? yikes!
Oh , she did shine. Going down in history as someone who got 0 points at what might be a one time olympic event. People will be talking about it.😆😆😆
Any athlete gets criticized when they perform badly. Badly is an understatement. Cant handle criticism don't go on TV.
Funny thing is that break dancing isn't a sport
I think that the point is that she shouldn't have been there, let alone representing her country. Her embarrassing nonsense has overshadowed the achievements of the real Aussie athletes in other sports.
This is not ‘break dance’
This is ‘BROKE’ dance
No they got the broke part right. As in broke ass dancing.
bahaaaaaa!
😂
There are no young people watching her & saying, “Wow-that could be me someday!” BUT I GUARANTEE there are some OLD PEOPLE WATCHING & SAYING, “That could be me someday-DOING MY ELAINE DANCE FROM SEINFELD!”
Olympics is where the world's best go to compete for gold, not to show creativity. Thats for a talent show.
Sincere apologies from Australia for this abomination.
No worries mate, we love y’all
Her or the dancing?
As a person from Melbourne Victoria AUSTRALIA....sorry for Inflicting her on you all
No more trophies for showing up, people need to stop praising her for trying.
She clearly got what she was going for-notoriety. Everyone is talking about her. Attention is marketable.
Why is the Australian media and government so angery about the criticism of this "breakdancer?"
@ICTS22 the Australian news I watched made fun of her too?
That performance was100% pure garba6e.
She holds a PhD is breaking dancing 😳 wow this is embarrassing and an insult to HipHop. I don’t care what she holds and say she can’t break dance. Break dancing tells a story just like any other form of dancing, it’s known for representing your crew, your block and it was used in place of fighting to diss the competitor and gain street credibility. She was making excuses as to why she was soooo bad. She ruined a spot for someone who would’ve taken it seriously and respect to represent their country just like back in the 1980’s when they break danced to represent their neighborhood.
Truth she also took a spot of a deserving competitor from any other country including her own.
@thecaribbeanbelle6733 - No one could have said it better. Your statement is spot on. Coming from NYC, I can honestly say I've seen far better performances on NYC subway platforms and in the train itself. Do not mock this art form of dancing! If you cannot dance this style, it's okay not to participate. I wonder who the hell she beat to participate on the global level.
@@MsTempestj Brooklyn NY in house!! And I’m a 80’s kid so I remember Break dancing was everywhere. From Michael Jackson music videos to movies like “Beat Street” and yes the subways and the streets. It was also about style, what you were wearing etc.
@@MsTempestj people who do the do the style justice are amazing, it’s like a cross of gymnastics, and core strength training. You definitely have to be in Shape and have skill to do it properly.
Yes I just saw this and was totally taken back by her PhD in breaking. I'm wondering how she performs in Hip Hop
I am embarrassed for her because she does not have the sense to be embarrassed for herself. I can't believe they call this trash a sport.
Why can't just say she's bad?
She is beyond bad
Because she is LIVING HER TRUTH, and she is STUNNING and BRAVE, on her JOURNEY to REIMAGINE WHAT HAS BEEN UNBURDENED, BY WHAT HAS BEEN.
Spoken with the eloquence of a Kamal Toe H.
It wasn’t breakdancing that she did it was nonsense and the real breakdancers truly worked hard for the spot. It was like a slap in the face to breakdancers
That was so ridiculous, she even said that musicality was her weakest and she still represented Australia 😊
The fact they paid for her to fly there is crazzzyyy 🤣🤣😂😂
The worst part is that we have to bring her back !!
She got paid vacation in Paris hahahaha
Please stop saying it's a sport. It is NOT a sport.
It seems like a mockery to me. If someone was trying to sabotage the entry of a new sport or dance
“i do my thing and that represents art” … point taken! It is not a sport, it is art … go to a museum, not olympics …
Unique perspective? passion and creativity? I don't think many people cared that she wore a track suit. This woman has a PHD in dance? I didn't see alot of athleticism demonstrated by poor Raygun,
nor originality. I feel bad for this woman if this is legitimate. Big IF
A PHD in breakdancing??? REALLY???? That will earn her great wealth.
I realize she is Australian, however, these are the people that benefit most from Biden’s student loan cancellation
You broke me. 🤣😆😅😂
@@merhona3472 😝
@@DanielSmith-qk5fs Stop bringing politics into everything 🙄
Obviously she was born into great wealth... Who else other than a trust fund baby would major in such a thing and earn a PhD in it
A PhD in breakdancing? That's not a thing. Look, be creative all you want but don't call it breakdancing, call it interpretive dance or some other new fangled thing. If I make a spinach salad and get creative with oranges, chicken, peanut butter and lego blocks....it's not a spinach salad anymore....it's something....but not a spinach salad. Australia should be ashamed for passing her through to represent them like this. SMH
Today, a thing is, simply because I call it that. Well, just because you call a fork a spoon, does not mean you can drink soup with it.
@@justanotherguy469 Bingo! Here's your soup fork. 😆
@@erin-laura LoL!
No one actually shows the video of how bad she did…😢
YT censorship
It’s really bad if you can’t find it on YT!
They don’t want you to see the truth. They want you to believe their narrative.
Right! I been lookin for it.
I know now they don’t want us to watch but it was on national television and now it’s completely erased on the internet is it’s sad…
Stop yaking and show the video 2:30
the time when the shame felt shame
Those who can't do, Teach. And she gotta PHD, go figure.
Well, I finally got to see it. I think it’s more of an artsy thing but it’s not actual real breakdancing. She’s trying to push some art kangaroo stuff in there. It will never go anywhere.
Oh, it was original. She has a PHD in break dancing. Her parents must be so proud. Their is no way they will do this again. I thought she was having a seizure at one point. Ill say one thing, she will not be forgotten. "Ray Gun" can never live that down. I'm sure she had fun but at what cost? Embarrassing herself? Embarrassing her country? Embarrassing the Olympics? Embarrassing humans in general? 😂😅
This is like when some little ass kids says hey watch this
I’m sorry, but that’s not breakdance. It’s an insult to breakdancers
Stop giving participation trophies. There was a time when we praised real talent and excellency. Now is more important people's feelings and call brave and inspiring mediocrity.
….what participation trophy did she get? lol you aren’t making sense
Participation trophy?? lol, do you even know what the Olympics is?
Exactly as what eminem said on his houdini song 😂
Not only did she not get a “participation trophy”, she received no points. 😂
To give participation trophy is figurative language 🙄 Figurative means not literal, not an actual trophy. This person's point was very clear.
This so-called PhD took a Gunn to breakdancing as an Olympic event. Take a bow, Rachael.
This has to be a practical joke, right? Unbeleivable
Magda Zubanski going scrag dancing would have been better to see
Trying to make her out to be some kind of hero when her husband was the sponsor and there 1,000 * better contestants from her country
This was staggeringly bad and embarrassing. If Australia is actually lauding her performance...shame on them.
She breaks breaking
She's the only legitimate force in true underground Hip Hop and Trap.
Because she is LIVING HER TRUTH, and she is STUNNING and BRAVE, on her JOURNEY to REIMAGINE WHAT HAS BEEN UNBURDENED, BY WHAT HAS BEEN.
Spoken with the eloquence of a Kamal Toe H.
Nobody wants to play her unedited dance routine because it's too embarrassing for them.
Ray Gunn and her hubby attended Paris in the tax payers dime
Give back the cash 💰 ray Gunn . As a tax payer , I’ve submitted to my local member
I thought break dancing died in the late 80s after "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" showed everyone how goofy this form of "dancing" was.
Why is someone trying to bring it back??
It was so bad that alot of people, with alot more talent, are wondering how she even made it to the Olympics. I found the full video on Reddit.
she trolled the whole world. not the venue for this. thanks for stopping olympic breakin’ before it even began. great job RaYgUn
I think it was that right?
@@markskayff i sincerely hope it was. either that or she’s gone off the deep end because she’s supposed to be an expert in dance theory.
So the Olympics have become American Idol 😂
Her creativity was off the charts! Her movements were reminiscent of a child throwing a tantrum..... joke ;) peace to all
How the hell is this an Olympic Sport?!
Ridiculous
If you would let the ogs of break dancing compete. Not yt who have no idea
@@azeemshabazz4105 i know breakdancing can actually be good but its not an olympic sport in my book haha
There's a lot more athleticism and coordination involved in actual breakdancing than in some Olympic "sports" like curling, archery, shooting, etc. Raygun trolled the Olympics big time and even got it removed.
@@againstinsanity3713 i agree but this is a sport for the streets. And for fun. Shouldnt be for fame or money
As an Australian, I'm embarrassed to see this! WTF, it's NOT a sport in the first place but what the Aussie contestant did.................. smh 🙄🙄
I am embarrassed for her. Her score tells the truth "0." Just awful.
Maybe she wanted a free trip to Paris. 😉
The Olympics 2024 is nothing but a 5 ringed circus
Yeeees but she "reassured us" by saying she's PHd lol. Well If physicist where as competents after there thesis, I would not support them making neither a nuclear plant, nor a bicycle
Such Grace.
Her performance was a joke 😂😂😂😂
She does breakdance better than me, but I am a fat middle age white guy, so that isn't saying much.
The most innovative artists are always mired in controversy when they take an art form to a new place. Notice how everyone is talking about these moves. Now that breakdancing is at the olympics, breakers just have to accept that cheesy white people are going to put own creative their own spin on the culture. Evolution involves adaptations, not all will be beneficial, like the waddles on a goat, or wisdom teeth, but I believe that people will be doing the Kangaroo for years to come.
Why can’t I find the real video. It’s like the mims took over the real video.
Thanks Australia!!! It was supposed to be the moment for Break Dancing Debut in Olympics!!
PhD in break dancing. Wow.
This is what eminem was talking about in houdini. Just because u participated u earn a trophy 😂😂😂
"Raygun Gunn Shines Despite Criticism"
You've got to share with us what you think "shine" means because I'm thinking we have very different interpretations of it's definition.
"Despite not advancing in the competition."
She was dead last with zero points. You are putting a very safe spin on it.
This video is probably the worst gaslighting I have seen so far. Give it up.
Oh yeah definitely " unique"style
The AI voice is brutal. And how about sharing the actual video instead of screenshots?
Liar. Never have I ever...
It odd tht everywhere ya look no one has the actual full routine?🤔
Censorship at it's finest
@@JWard-sp7wt It's strictly copyrighted material. Not that hard to understand.
@@MysidianRabite that would be believable. Except, none of the other clips from the Olympics get stripped from the internet except for the controversial ones.
@@JWard-sp7wtyup
@@MysidianRabite Is it? How can a public event, be copyrighted?
Stop showing the same pictures over and over again.
She didn’t win my heart.
I hope SNL redoes this 😂...She has a Phd in it? 😂😂😂
This is a compassionate and intelligent way of looking at it.
faking media scam, I dont need your freaking screenshots, memes or comments - I NEED FULL VIDEO
This is what is most striking after the participation of this PHD, is that coincidentally, it was the first time they opened the doors to break dance and it is not clear why it will not be there anymore.
From the one second they showed she looked horrible
First thing that comes to my mind is. She has to be a woke feminist and also a vegan. She is not a breakdancer.
People should stop referring to break dancers as B Boys and B girls. That is as wrong as the fool Raygun doing her "break dancing" routine. In the '70s and '80s B boys and Fly Girls were us young teenagers who loved and was immersed in the hip hop culture ie rap music, magazine articles, fashion, swag, and dance etc . Break dancers were a wonderful part of hip hop culture however they were called Break Dancers NOT B-boys. A break dancer could be a B Boy but a B boy if he couldn't break dance was not called a break dancer. Famous Run Dmc lyric: "STANDING on the corner in B Boy STANCE, rock on the mic make the girls wanna dance." Break dancing promoters and writer should get it right.
Rithing on the floor like a 3-year-old is not a sport FFS.
This is the 46th video that just TALKS about the dance.
They messed up, she was supposed to be performing in the Special Olympics.
More like the para Olympics.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gunn is done! She doesn’t break, she has grocery store tantrums mimicking that of toddlers.
She did NOT shine lol. Disgusting attempt to save face 😂😂😂😂
I love watching real breakdancers. Way more than gymnastics. And the scratching we listen to while they do it sounds cool as hell too.
This is a Disrespect to Our culture!! How can you have our cultural Dance & Not have 1 Foundational Black American Creator as the Judge of this Competition!! Break dancing is a dance of soul in our culture and she made a mockery of our culture like France made a mockery of Christ! This Olympics is commite is Garbage!
PhD in break dancing? Either the school isn’t accredited or she slept during class.
Who would do the accreditation? Crazy Legs, Kiuriaki, Mr. Wave? The Aktivator?
I swear i thought this was amy phoeler from snl first time i saw it
Oh I wish SNL was doing new episodes, they’d KILL this 😂
Nothing wrong with the kit, the performance was the problem. Be creative but break, and if you can’t break, go home.
Seriously 200 videos and all we get is people reacting to it we don't care show the video someone
Yes-RaeGun-CLEARLY…all your dance moves are original-we can see that. That doesn’t mean you should do them in public…just sayin’…
When the 2028 Summer Olympics occur. Have a camera crew go down to the boardwalk and piers and record actual break dancers performing.
They have scrubbed the internet of this video of the break dancing there were 3 heats i watched on the old box wish we still had vcrs to tape this shit
We do, the minute you see a good video, DOWNLOAD IT! Before they take it down.
She was nothing more than a mockery of break dancing.
She made our soccer team the Matildas look good ....555
I cant find the full video
"Passion" and "creativity" are not the things that get you medals or at least no the things that make you deserve a medal. She had no skills nor talent and she performed terribly, she deserves the points she got i.e 0
I tried to watch the video, and it doesn't show up anymore 😅😅
Why is this an Olympics sport? Thank goodness it's not in the upcoming LA Olympics
Shine???? What the hell??? It was a dark day for Australia.
Japan may have won the gold, but we know who the real winner is.
She holds a PHD in WHAT ? This ain't no Olympic sport dump it please.
All my moves are original...breaks out the sprinkler...it was already old in hitch lol
thank god they are dropping this for LA
As pathetic as the opening of the French Olympics