First let me pre-apologize for writing a second blog on the theme of Olympic breakdancing.
I’m sorry, I’m sorry that’s a joke.
It was the first Olympic moment that popped in my head.
I’m not comparing you to Raygun.
You were a legitimate competitor and that was a very touching moment.
But you gotta feel bad for the rest of the breakdancers.
Almost nobody can tell you who took home the Olympic gold in men’s or woman’s breaking.
But everybody knows who Raygun is.
You also gotta feel bad for the rest of Australia’s Olympians.
They had the 4th most gold medals of any country (18).
They won 53 medals total.
It’s kinda sad really.
I kinda feel like Raygun’s struggles coming up in the breakdancing world are besides the point.
Australia sent a terrible breakdancer to the Olympics.
That’s just objectively hilarious.
I refuse to believe it.
They probably had no idea qualifying was even happening.
But allegedly, Raygun is the best breakdancer in Australia with the means to qualify.
I did some digging to try and find out what exactly Australia’s qualifying process looked like.
I wanted to see how the hell Raygun qualifying even happened.
And suddenly the sport was in the Olympics.
They don’t know shit about the sport.
Breakdancers across the world were pissed.
Many of the leading voices in breaking were vehemently against it’s inclusion.
They’d rather it not be included at all than have it run by the WDSF.
They knew with the WDSF in charge, the whole thing would be a joke.
It has absolutely no connection or credibility with any legitimate entity in the worldwide breaking community, he wrote.
Would it allow the Federation for Equestrian Sports to oversee auto-racing?
We’d still welcome the best writers in the world to compete.
But we’re still going to fuck things up, because we aren’t real writers.
Even though Australia had no official breakdancing federation, and no legitimate organization in charge of competitive breakdancing.
So when they came to Australia to inquire about the breakdancing scene, guess who took charge?
But Australia held their qualifiers.
And guess who finished first, securing the Australia women’s only automatic qualifying spot?
In October, 2023, the inaugural WDSF Oceania Breaking Championships were held at Sydney Town Hall.
I’m not even sure Raygun deserved to win that.
That’s how Raygun happens.
I mean… she’s literally a breakdancing professor.
I’m shocked that even exists.
It’s like in the end they just said, “Well we’re probably going to suck anyways.
I still can’t help but think there are far better breakdancing women in Australia.
I just don’t think they even knew how to find them.
It was horribly disorganized from the jump, and Raygun is the one who took initiative.
For better or worse (probably better), breakdancing was a one-time thing in the Olympics.
And maybe check that Australia’s invitation gets lost in the mail.
