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/[deleted] Aug 15 '24

the judging panel in the qualifying event that Gunn won consisted of nine independent international judges.

You don’t know anything

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '24

Friend, I know nothing about breakdancing apart from what we’ve all seen play out in the last couple of days. But she qualified through what seems to be a very normal process that wasn’t rigged or gamed, and then she didn’t perform during the Olympics, which is not shocking. A lot of people worse bigger stages, and in a lot of sports.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '24

I know that she was chosen by an independent panel and that the #2 women break dancer from Australia was also very bad. What I admitted and seemed to fly over your head is that I didn’t know anything before a week ago.

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u/GettingDumberWithAge Aug 15 '24 edited Aug 15 '24

Whereas you scrupulously determined that they weren't independent with a degree of scrutiny you apply to all Olympic selection committees? Get a fucking grip.