You could only whisper it.
Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish… it was so fragile.
And I fear that it will not survive the Paris Games."
…
Break-dancing and perhaps boxing will be out.
The AP Style Book can bite me.)
has been eliminated after just one Olympics is because it’s not a sport.
But saying these things would be wrong.
Olympic Breakdancing was a star that burned too hot to sustain itself for long.
And as it did, it outshone all the lesser events.
The IOC couldn’t stand that heat, and had to remove it from the kitchen.
Specifically, they could not handle Raygun.
The videos are all being scrubbed from the internet by the Copyright KGB.
Perhaps this is for the best.
What we witnessed in Raygun’s performance was perfection.
Zero-point-zero points would likely never be achieved again.
All future dancers would be struggling in vain to equal her score and find it impossible.
In the way generations chased Bob Beamon’s Long Jump record from Mexico City, 1968.
So it’s oddly comforting to know no one will ever take the stage again.
And the greatest moment in the short history of the sport can live for eternity.
So thank you, Raygun.
This world was never meant for dance moves as beautiful as yours.
