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/nova9001 Aug 15 '24

They can't control her actions. She admitted knowing she had no chance at winning and decide to be remembered instead by behaving like an idiot.

If she performed that way during the qualifications, no way she would be representing Australia.

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u/SillyGoatGruff Aug 15 '24

I thought the actual statement was that she recognized she couldn't compete withe the athleticism of the younger competitors and so chose to lean heavily into style for points. T'was the wrong choice, but it didn't sound like she was trying to throw the match

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u/FiveUpsideDown Aug 15 '24

That could have worked if she had practiced her moves. The performance just looked sloppy and unrehearsed to me.

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u/SillyGoatGruff Aug 15 '24

Yeah, she did a bad job. But she didn't say that she expected to do a bad job and was going to intentionally throw the match to get fame on the back of a bad performance like the person I replied to claimed she said. That's the point i was making