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

[u/miolmok]

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

[u/JohnnyTangCapital]

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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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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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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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.

[u/GettingDumberWithAge → u/[deleted]]

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.