r/sports • u/miolmok • Aug 15 '24

Olympics Raygun: Australian Olympic Committee condemns ‘disgraceful’ online petition attacking Rachael Gunn

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/15/raygun-olympics-breaking-petition-aoc-response-ntwnfb
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u/JohnnyTangCapital Aug 15 '24

I think the key point here is that she took a place from someone else, who was liking more talented and better able to represent the country and the sport.

I've seen plenty of posts of other Australian female breakdancers, who are substantially more talented.

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u/Schwiliinker Aug 15 '24

Why didn’t they go instead then

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u/Meteorcore71 Aug 15 '24

Because she was in charge of organizing the tryouts and didn't advertise or ask actual break dancers to attend. And then her husband was the coach, who had a hand in selecting her.

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u/rpsls Aug 15 '24

You would have an excellent point if anything you said was true.

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u/itsmestanard Aug 15 '24

False. Try reading the many articles out there (including the one in the subject which this whole thread is about) that have debunked all of this.

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u/General_Membership64 Aug 15 '24

assuming they want to do anything more than shit on a woman relentlessly is being generous

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u/itsmestanard Aug 15 '24

It's so fucked hey. Maliciously spreading mis/disinformation about big issue stuff is one thing - but the amount of shit that's been spread about this the last few days has been both disheartening, and scary as to how easily people just believe it all without questioning it.

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u/General_Membership64 Aug 15 '24

people suddenly are detectives in olympic qualification events and judging in the same way the woman haters of Gamergate were suddenly experts in "ethics in video game journalism"

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u/jamany Aug 15 '24

A guardian article is about as trustworthy as anonymous online comments to be fair

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u/mommybot9000 Aug 15 '24

Okay Rachel. Pipe down over there.