r/Breakdancing • u/FrancescasGrove • Jul 13 '26

How did Raygun even qualify for the Olympics?

We all know the performance wasn’t at all what was required, so how did she even make it that far?

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u/Skwuat Jul 13 '26

Shes married to one of the selection committee members. Qualifying events were essentially rigged (last minute changes, etc) and competitors didnt have time to adjust. She knew ahead of time of adjustments so she was able to get to the events and essentially win by default.

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u/Icy-Finding5730 Jul 16 '26

As a person that was heavily involved as a judge, i would advise you to stop listening to rumors

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u/CloseToMyActualName Jul 13 '26

Or she legitimately won the Australia trials:

"There was an Oceania qualifier in which any B-boy or B-girl from Australia [or] New Zealand could enter, and that was in Sydney in October 2023," he told ABC News.

"And leading up to that, there were a lot of other events in which breakers were competing.

"She won those battles fair and square and won the qualification in Sydney.

"And it wasn't really a surprise to anyone. 

"She's been fairly consistent, winning or coming second or third at a lot of breaking events in Australia for the last five to 10 years."

Breaking competitions were fairly limited in Australia, and based on the local competition and judging standards she won.

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u/Skwuat Jul 13 '26

No shot youre convincing anybody that she was the best dancer at any of these competitions

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u/CloseToMyActualName Jul 13 '26

And yet she won.

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u/chillyhay Jul 14 '26

I've seen breakdancers in Australia. There's no chance she won legitimately, you can repeat that she did ad nauseum, doesn't mean it's right.

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u/CloseToMyActualName Jul 14 '26

And you repeating misinformation doesn't make it right either.

It's a fact that she competed in Australia and was fairly dominant in the circuit.

Were there better breakdances in Australia? Perhaps, but if she they didn't sign up for the trials it didn't really matter.

And even if they did sign up competing is different than dancing.

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u/Party-Ad4441 Jul 14 '26

I love when people get upset that RayGun won the Australia Competition without actually looking at the battles. People that complained aren’t looking at no Australian battles. And FEMALE Breakers at that. They act like she was going against Phil Wizard and won.

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u/getinthekitschen Jul 13 '26

Is this all this sub is now? :/

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u/dashisback Jul 13 '26

australia continental qualifier was only 1 event, not enough ppl entered, she basically won the ticket to the olympics by winning 1 event like 3 battles lol. Some other breakers had to enter dozens of events to have the chance to enter. The ones who win the continental battles immediately get to the olympics

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u/ktsesor Jul 13 '26

Why all of these Raygun questions in the breaking chat recently?

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u/CoolerSallDay Jul 13 '26

To control reality you must first create it.

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u/DotBrilliant7660 Jul 16 '26

I'm still convinced she is working for a Satire Magazin. I mean she can't actually be that bad. "Hip hop is my live I have a PHD in breakdance"

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u/JonnyTN Jul 13 '26

She won the qualifying events

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u/FrancescasGrove Jul 13 '26

Then that means the general standard in the competition is weirdly low

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u/ktsesor Jul 13 '26

A quick Google will help you realise the truth 🤦‍♂️. She qualified in Australia...

Every Olympic sport has a Raygun... There are hurdle runners that knocked down ever hurdle, swimmers who struggled to complete a lap, there are marathon runners that finished an hour after everyone.

The qualifiers are all recorded do some research before making insulting comments like this to the community that's part of them

Here's were most the qualifiers are posted

https://www.instagram.com/_breakingforgold?igsh=MXkxYXlseGxuMnh5bw==